USS Albatross (1882)
United States Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, in the 1890s |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Albatross |
| Ordered: | 1881 |
| Builder: | Pusey and Jones, Wilmington, Delaware |
| Cost: | US$190,000 |
| Laid down: | March 1882 |
| Launched: | 9 August 1882 |
| Commissioned: | 11 November 1882 |
| Decommissioned: | 29 October 1921 |
| Fate: | Sold 16 June 1924 Last known location, Hamburg, Germany, 1927 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Steamer |
| Displacement: | 638 long tons (648 t) |
| Length: | 234 ft (71 m) |
| Beam: | 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m) |
| Draft: | 16 ft 9 in (5.11 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam engine |
| Speed: | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 110 |
| Armament: | Spanish-American War : • 2 × 20-pounder guns • 2 × 37 mm guns • 1 × 53 mm (2 in) gun • 2 × Gatling guns World War I : • unknown × 6-pounder guns • 1 × Colt automatic gun |
The second USS Albatross, often seen as USFC Albatross in scientific literature citations, was an iron-hulled, twin-screw steamer in the United States Navy and reputedly the first research vessel ever built especially for marine research.
Albatross was laid down at Wilmington, Delaware, by Pusey and Jones in March 1882; launched on 19 August 1882, and commissioned on 11 November 1882, with Lt. Zera L. Tanner in command. Tanner, who had superintended the ship's design and construction, would command Albatross, a Navy-manned vessel assigned to the United States Fish Commission, a civilian government agency, for nearly 12 years.
Read more about USS Albatross (1882): Early Years, Spanish–American War, Return To Scientific Study, 1907, Changed To Schooner, World War I, Return To Research, Fate, Scientific and Historical Significance