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 | | A, 1991, Navy Department, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Naval History Division, Washington, D.C. On 28 December 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt approved the recommendation of the name ALBANY for the Baltimore-class heavy cruiser CA-72; but, before the ship's construction was begun, wartime events intervened. |
 | | The heavy cruiser PITTSBURGH (CA-70) was renamed CANBERRA on 12 October 1942-to honor the Australian heavy cruiser lost during the disastrous Battle of Savo Island-and ALBANY was renamed PITTSBURGH (q.v.) on 26 November 1942, well in advance of her keel laying which took place on 3 February 1943. |
 | | OREGON CITY The fourth ALBANY (CA-123) was laid down on 6 March 1944 at Quincy, Mass., by the Bethlehem Steel Co., launched on 30 June 1945; sponsored by Mrs. |
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