GREYTCOVERS NAVAL COVER USS ALBANY SSN-753 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF COMMISSIONING

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You are bidding on a computer designed/printed Greytcovers by W.J. Wladyka (USCS #9915) naval cover (design #195)(#7 of 12 ) commemorating the 15th anniversary of the commissioning of the USS Albany SSN-753.
USS
Albany
(SSN-753)
, a
Los Angeles
-class
submarine
, was the fifth ship of the
United States Navy
to be named for
Albany, New York
. The contract to build her was awarded to
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
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
, 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.
The
Albany
and
USS
Topeka
, 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
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
Seawolf
-class
submarines
.
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On 30 July 2004
Albany
returned to
Norfolk, Virginia
, after a six-month deployment that began in the
Persian Gulf
and
Gulf of Oman
, then proceeded to the
Mediterranean Sea
for a
NATO
exercise, Operation "MEDSHARK/Majestic Eagle."
The cover is cancelled with a well-struck pictorial postmark on 7 April 2010 at Norfolk, VA 23513 and is franked with a 44c 'Flag' stamp.
Overall cover condition is very good. The cover is a standard No. 6-3/4, 3-5/8 x 6-1/2". The blue around the edge is part of the background.
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