Albany alternated among European, North Atlantic, Mediterranean, and West Indies assignments after recommissioning. A twenty-month modification period and a later Philadelphia overhaul show that the original conversion did not end the cost of keeping a first-generation missile cruiser effective. Her later service as Second Fleet and Sixth Fleet flagship demonstrates the command value of the large hull. The failed museum proposal explains why the namesake city did not retain the ship after decommissioning.
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Albany's service life required repeated modernization
Albany's Atlantic and Mediterranean flagship service came with repeated yard periods, followed by an unsuccessful effort to preserve the ship as a museum.