USS Albatross (1882)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Albatross.

Albatross, c. 1890
History
United States
NameAlbatross
NamesakeAlbatross
Ordered1881
BuilderPusey and Jones, Wilmington, Delaware
Cost$190,000
Laid downMarch 1882
Launched9 August 1882
Commissioned11 November 1882
Decommissioned29 October 1921
Reclassified
  • Auxiliary Cruiser, 21 April 1898
  • Research Vessel, 8 September 1898
  • Gunboat, 19 November 1917
  • Research Vessel, 23 June 1919
Identification
FateSold, 16 June 1924
General characteristics
Typeresearch ship
Tonnage
Displacement638 long tons (648 t)
Length
  • 234 ft (71 m) overall
  • 200 ft (61 m) registered
Beam27 ft 6 in (8.38 m)
Draft16 ft 9 in (5.11 m)
Installed power
Propulsion2 × screws
Sail plan
Speed10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement110
Armament
  • Auxiliary Cruiser:
  • 2 × 20-pounder guns
  • 2 × 37 mm guns
  • 1 × 53 mm gun
  • 2 × Gatling guns
  • Gunboat:
  • 4 × 6-pounder guns
  • 1 × Colt automatic gun

The second USS Albatross, often seen as USFC Albatross in scientific literature citations, was an iron-hulled, twin-screw masted steamship in the United States Navy and reputedly the first research ship ever built specially for marine research. She was named for the albatross.

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