USS Virginia underway in 1983
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Virginia |
Namesake | Commonwealth of Virginia |
Ordered | 21 December 1971 |
Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company |
Laid down | 19 August 1972 |
Launched | 14 December 1974 |
Sponsored by | Virginia Warner |
Acquired | 27 August 1976 |
Commissioned | 11 September 1976 |
Decommissioned | 10 November 1994 |
Stricken | 10 November 1994 |
Identification |
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Motto | Sic Semper Tyrannis |
Fate | Disposed of by recycling |
Badge | |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Virginia-class cruiser |
Displacement | 11,000 tons |
Length | 585 ft (178 m) |
Beam | 63 ft (19 m) |
Draft | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)+ |
Range | Nuclear |
Complement | 500 |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Electronic warfare & decoys | |
Armament |
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USS Virginia (CGN-38) was a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser, the lead ship of her class, and the eighth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Commonwealth of Virginia. She was commissioned in 1976 and decommissioned in 1994.