USS Albatross
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Seven ships of the United States Navy
have been named Albatross. The albatross
is a bird which superstitious sailors feel is bad luck to kill.
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
have been named Albatross. The albatross
Albatross
Albatrosses, of the biological family Diomedeidae, are large seabirds allied to the procellariids, storm-petrels and diving-petrels in the order Procellariiformes . They range widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific...
is a bird which superstitious sailors feel is bad luck to kill.
- USS Albatross (AM-391) — Contract canceled in 1945.