USS Albemarle

USS Albemarle

Three ships of the United States Navy have been named "Albemarle", after the Albemarle Sound in North Carolina.

* The USS|Albemarle|1863, was a schooner captured and taken into the Navy in 1863 and sold in October 1865.

* The USS|Albemarle|1865, was taken into the Navy in 1865 and sold in 1867.

* The USS|Albemarle|AV-5, was a seaplane tender in service from 1940 to 1960 and scrapped in 1975.

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