Article: ALBANY'S MARITIME TIES NAVAL MUSEUM PLANNED.(Local)

Byline: Jay Jochnowitz Staff writer

The city, which has seen five naval vessels bear its name since 1864, will incorporate a naval museum into its expanded visitors center next year.

The announcement of the planned display came over the weekend as veterans of the fourth USS Albany, a post-World War II cruiser, gathered here for the ship's first reunion. Common Council President Stephen McArdle disclosed the city's plans to more than 200 former Albany sailors and their families at a Saturday night banquet at the Turf Inn in Colonie, according to Wayne Van Amburgh, an organizer of the event.

Van Amburgh said Sunday that the decision likely will ...

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