USS Albatross (1882)

	Albatross in the 1890s
History
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	Sold 16 June 1924; Last known location, Hamburg, Germany, 1927;
General characteristics
Type	research ship
Tonnage	691 GRT, 470 NRT
Displacement	638 long tons (648 t)
Length	234 ft (71 m) overall; 200.0 ft (61.0 m) registered;
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	2 × screws; 2 × compound steam engines;
Sail plan	1882: brigantine; 1913: schooner;
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	110
Armament	Spanish–American War:; 2 × 20-pounder guns; 2 × 37 mm guns; 1 × 53 mm (2 in) gun; 2 × Gatling guns; World War I:; unknown × 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 steamship in the United States Navy and reputedly the first research ship ever built especially for marine research.

History
Albatross in the 1890s
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	Sold 16 June 1924 Last known location, Hamburg, Germany, 1927
General characteristics
Type	research ship
Tonnage	691 GRT, 470 NRT
Displacement	638 long tons (648 t)
Length	234 ft (71 m) overall 200.0 ft (61.0 m) registered
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	2 × screws 2 × compound steam engines
Sail plan	1882: brigantine 1913: schooner
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	110
Armament	Spanish–American War: 2 × 20-pounder guns 2 × 37 mm guns 1 × 53 mm (2 in) gun 2 × Gatling guns World War I: unknown × 6-pounder guns 1 × Colt automatic gun