USS ''Albany'' (SSN-753) is a , the fifth ship of the

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...

to be named for

Albany, New York Albany ( ) is the capital of the U.S. state of New York, also the seat and largest city of Albany County. Albany is on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River, and about north of New York C ...

. The contract to build her was awarded to

Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, is the largest industrial employer in Virginia, and sole designer, builder and refueler of United States Navy aircraft carriers and one of two providers of U.S. Navy ...

in Newport News, Virginia, on 29 November 1983 and her keel was laid down on 22 April 1985. She was launched on 13 June 1987 sponsored by Nancy M. Kissinger, wife of

Henry Kissinger Henry Alfred Kissinger (; ; born Heinz Alfred Kissinger, May 27, 1923) is a German-born American politician, diplomat, and geopolitical consultant who served as United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presid ...

, and was commissioned on 7 April 1990 with Commander Darl R. Anderson in command. ''Albany'' was the last US submarine built via the traditional "keel up" ship construction method. Thus, it was the last submarine to "launch" down the shipway. ''Albany'' and , differ from other members of the ''Los Angeles'' class as their pressure hulls were partially manufactured using stronger HY-100 steel rather than the

HY-80 HY-80 is a high-tensile, high yield strength, low alloy steel. It was developed for use in naval applications, specifically the development of pressure hulls for the US nuclear submarine program and is still currently used in many naval applicati ...

steel used in the manufacturing of all other ''Los Angeles''-class submarines. This was done to test construction methods using this steel, which would later be employed in the assembly of the new s.Baker 1998, p. 1009. On 30 July 2004 ''Albany'' returned to Norfolk, Virginia, after a six-month deployment that began in the

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and Gulf of Oman, then proceeded to the

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for a

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exercise, Operation "MEDSHARK/Majestic Eagle." On 14 May 2022 ''Albany'' returned to

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after a six-month deployment.

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