USS Albireo (AK-90)

USS Albireo (AK-90)

1 x 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
1 x 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount

The USS Albireo (AK-90) was a Crater-class cargo ship in the service of the United States Navy in World War II. It was the only ship of the Navy to have borne this name. It is named after Albireo, a star in the constellation of Cygnus.

Albireo was laid down 17 January 1943 as liberty ship SS John G. Nicolay (MCE hull 525) by Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California, under a Maritime Commission contract; launched on 25 February 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Donald W. Day; acquired by the Navy under a bareboat charter on 9 March 1943; converted for naval service by the Matson Navigation Co.; renamed Albireo on 17 March 1943 and simultaneously designated AK-90; and commissioned at San Francisco, California, on 29 March 1943, Lt. Comdr. Edward M. Benton, USCGR, in command.