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The Last Letter: The Disappearance of USS Albany
The Last Letter: The Disappearance of USS Albany
Fear that the sea swallowed certainty: a decorated sloop, a careful commander, and a signed letter dated September 28, 1854 were the last solid facts-then 250 men vanished with no wreckage or survivors. How did a ship that had just reported its crew well and had completed a successful Caribbean patrol disappear without a trace?
In this episode, we lay out the timeline, the ship's service record, and the last communications that preceded the loss, and we ask whether equipment concerns or something else explains what happened to the Albany…
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