USS Albemarle
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Three ships of the United States Navy
have been named Albemarle, after the Albemarle Sound
in North Carolina.
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 Albemarle, after the Albemarle Sound
Albemarle Sound
Albemarle Sound is a large estuary on the coast of North Carolina in the United States located at the confluence of a group of rivers, including the Chowan and Roanoke. It is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Outer Banks, a long barrier peninsula upon which the town of Kitty Hawk is located,...
in North Carolina.
- The , was a schooner captured and taken into the Navy in 1863 and sold in October 1865.
- The , was taken into the Navy in 1865 and sold in 1867.
- The , was a seaplane tender in service from 1940 to 1960 and scrapped in 1975.