NOTE: This list was prepared in connection with a
photographic research project. No effort was made to
refine or double-check dates or spelling of names.
DO NOT TREAT THIS LIST AS DEFINITIVE!
Sources for all except the SSN 753 was obtained thru the Naval Register, directories & documents in SH Ships source folders
&
the USS Albany Association Heritage Exhibit Archives
1st Albany ( 1846 – 1854 )
| 1846-47 | Capt. | Samuel L. Breeze |
| 1847-48 | Cmdr. | John Kelly |
| 1848-50 | Cmdr. | Victor M. Randolph |
| 1850-52 | Cmdr. | Charles T. Platt |
| 1852-54 | Cmdr. | James T. Gerry ( Lost at sea with his ship ) |
2nd Albany
Coontoocook (1868 – 1870 )
| 1868-70 | Capt. | George B. Balch |
3rd Albany
CL ( 1900 – 1922 )
| 1900-02 | Capt. | Joseph E. Craig |
| 1902-04 | Cmdr. | John A. Rogers |
| 1904-07 | Ship Decommissioned |
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| 1907-08 | Cmdr. | Henry T. Mayo |
| 1908-09 | Cmdr. | William S. Benson |
| 1909-10 | Cmdr. | James H. Oliver |
| 1910-11 | Cmdr. | Clarence S. Williams |
| 1911-12 | Cmdr. | Richard H. Jackson |
| 1912 | Lt.Cmdr | Carleton R. Kear |
| 1912-13 | Cmdr. | Mark L. Bristol |
| 1913 | Cmdr. | Thomas P. Magruder |
| 1913-14 | Lt.Cmdr | Emil P. Svarz |
| 1914 | Cmdr. | Waldo Evans |
| 1914-15 | LT. | George A. Alexander |
| 1915 | LT. | Charles S. McWhorter |
| 1915-17 | Lt.Cmdr/CDR. | Orin G. Murfin |
| 1917-18 | Cmdr. | James J. Raby |
| 1918-20 | Capt. | William C. Watts |
| 1920-22 | Capt. | Louis C. Richardson |
| 1922 | Capt. | Zeno E. Briggs |
| Note | He was ordered to command Albany at the start of 1922 but didn't take command of her as ordered. | |
| 1922 | Ship Decommissioned for the last time in late 1922 |
4th Albany
CA123 ( 1946 – 1958 )
| 15 June 1946 - 2 may 1947 | Capt. | Harold A. Carlisle USN |
| 2 May 1947 - 18 Feb 1948 | Capt. | John M. Ocker USN |
| 18 Feb 1948 - 6 April 1949 | Capt. | Clarence Lee Conner Atkeson USN |
| 6 April 1949 - 26 Oct 1949 | Capt. | Leo A. Backman USN |
| 26 Oct 1949 - 28 June 1950 | Capt. | Chester C. Wood USN |
| 28 June 1950 - 15 May 1951 | Capt. | John H. Sides USN |
| 15 May 1951 - 8 March 1952 | Capt. | Ernest M. Eller USN |
| 8 March 1952 - 28 Feb 1953 | Capt. | Edward S. Hutchinson USN |
| 28 Feb 1953 - 28 May 1954 | Capt. | Robert H. Rice USN |
| 28 May 1954 - 7 Sept 1955 | Capt. | John F. Davidson USN |
| 7 Sept 1955 - 18 Sept 1956 | Capt. | Manley H. Simons Jr. USN |
| 18 Sept 1956 - 9 Oct1956 | Capt. | Robert G. Merritt USN |
| 9 Oct1956 - 8 Oct1957 | Capt. | William B. Sieglaff USN |
| 8 Oct 1957 - 8 April 1958 | Capt. | John S. McCain Jr. USN |
| 30 June 1958 | Ship Decommissioned |
4th Albany
CG10 ( 1962 – 1980 )
| 3 Nov 1962 - 5 June 1964 | Capt. | Ben B. Pickett USN |
| 5 June 1964 - Sept 1965 | Capt. | Earl F. Schreiter USN |
| Sept 1965 - 1 March 1967 | Capt. | Jack L. Wohler USN |
| 1 March 1967 | Capt. | Ship Decommissioned |
| 9 Nov 1968 - 20 Feb 1970 | Capt. | Allan P. Slaff USN |
| 20 Feb 1970 - 20 August 1971 | Capt. | Robert C. Peniston USN |
| 20 August 1971 - 22 August 1973 | Capt. | James D. Elliott USN |
| 22 August 1973 - 14 June 1975 | Capt. | John J. Ekelund USN |
| 14 June 1975 - 6 August 1976 | Capt. | Richard D. Heenan USN |
| 6 August 1976 - 17 Nov 1978 | Capt. | James G. Storms III USN |
| 17 Nov 1978 - 29 August 1980 | Capt. | Gerard J. Flannery Jr. USN |
| 29 August 1980 | Ships Final Decommissioning |
5th Albany
SSN753 ( 1990 to present )
| 7 April 1990 - 8 Nov 1991 | Cmdr. | Darl R. Anderson USN |
| 8 Nov 1991 - 14 May 1994 | Cmdr. | William F. Murphy USN |
| 14 May 1994 - 21 Feb 1997 | Cmdr. | Kevin P. Ryan USN |
| 21 Feb 1997 - 10 Sept 1999 | Cmdr. | Bryan O'Neill USN |
| 10 Sept 1999 - 1 June 2002 | Cmdr. | Paul "Chip" Jaenichen USN |
| 1 June 2002 - 1 April 2005 | Cmdr. | Brett J. Genoble USN |
| 1 April 2005 - 14 June 2007 | Cmdr. | Mark H. Merrick USN |
| 14 June 2007 - 15 October 2009 | Cmdr. | Thad E. Nisbett USN |
| 15 October 2009 - 14 December 2011 | Cmdr. | Thomas R. Buchanan USN |
| 14 December 2011 to 20 February 2014 | Cmdr. | Dave Soldow USN |
| 20 February 2014 to 26 August 2016 | Cmdr. | Robert W. Landis USN |
| 26 August 2016 to Present | Cmdr. | Roy l. Wilson Jr. USN |