USS ALBANY is the third improved LOS ANGELES class attack submarine and the first submarine to bear this name.
| General Characteristics: | Awarded:November 29, 1983 |
| Keel laid: April 22, 1985 |
| Launched: June 13, 1987 |
| Commissioned: April 7, 1990 |
| Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Va. |
| Propulsion system: one nuclear reactor |
| Propellers: one |
| Length: 360 feet (109.73 meters) |
| Beam: 33 feet (10 meters) |
| Draft: 32,15 feet (9.8 meters) |
| Displacement: Surfaced: approx. 6,300 tons Submerged: approx. 7,100 tons |
| Speed: Surfaced: approx. 15 knots Submerged: approx. 32 knots |
| Armament: Harpoon and Tomahawk missiles from 12 VLS-tubes, four 533 mm torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes, ability to lay mines |
| Cost: approx. $900 million |
| Homeport: Norfolk, Va. |
| Crew: 13 Officers, 116 Enlisted |