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USS Albatross (1882)
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Albatross-ii.jpg) Albatross in the 1890s
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Albatross |
| Ordered | 1881 |
| Builder | Pusey and Jones, Wilmington, DE |
| Cost | US$190,000 |
| Laid down | March 1882 |
| Launched | 9 August 1882 |
| Commissioned | 11 November 1882 |
| Decommissioned | 29 October 1921 |
| Fate | |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | research ship |
| Tonnage | 691 GRT, 470 NRT |
| Displacement | 638 long tons (648 t) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 27.6 ft (8.4 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft 9 in (5.11 m) |
| Depth | 16.6 ft (5.1 m) |
| Installed power | 109 NHP |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan |
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| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 110 |
| Armament |
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The second USS Albatross, often seen as USFC Albatross in scientific literature citations,[1] was an iron-hulled, twin-screw steamship in the United States Navy and reputedly the first research ship ever built especially for marine research.
- ^ Department of Paleobiology (3 December 2010). "Catalog Number - USNM SD 59154.0000". Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History. Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011.
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