Albany class - CG - Guided-Missile Cruiser IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: Call Sign: See Also: C Baltimore class CA-74 Events ---Filter---CommissionedDecommissionedStruckFate: scrapped History of Baltimore class USS Columbus CA-74 1940-sep-09OrderedOrdered 1943-jun-23Laid downLaid down 1944-nov-30LaunchedLaunched 1945-jun-08CommissionedCommissioned 1959-may-08DecommissionedDecommissioned History of USS Columbus CG-12 1959-sep-30CommissionedCommissioned reclassified as CG-12 1975-jan-31DecommissionedDecommissioned 1976-aug-09StruckStruck 1977-oct-03Fate: scrappedFate: scrapped Port Newark, NJ Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event Specifications Albany class 1222crew 17500full load (tn) 205length (m) 21beam (m) 9draught (m) 32max speed (knots) 120000power (shp) 4Naval Engine boilers4Naval Engine steam turbines 2Missile Launcher Mk 11 Tartar2Missile Launcher Mk 12 Talos 1Torpedo Launchers Mk 16 8-cell ASROC 2Torpedo Launchers Mk 32 triple-tube 324mm Aircraft Typical Max Landing platform only. No hangar US Navy Sikorsky S-58 H-34 01