USS Albemarle
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Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Albemarle, after the town of Albemarle, North Carolina.

• The first Albemarle was a schooner captured and taken into the Navy in 1863 and sold in October 1865.

• The second Albemarle was originally the ram CSS Albemarle, taken into the Navy in 1865 and sold in 1867.

• The third Albemarle (AV-5) was a seaplane tender in service from 1940 to 1960, later converted to a floating helicopter maintenance facility Corpus Christi Bay (T-ARVH-1), and scrapped in 1975.

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