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USS Virginia (BB-13) was a United States Navy pre-dreadnought battleship, the lead ship of her class.She was the fifth ship to carry her name. Virginia was laid down in May 1902 at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia, was launched in April 1904, and was commissioned into the fleet in May 1906.
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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.
USS Virginia (1797), was a 14-gun revenue cutter built in 1797 and returned to the Revenue Cutter Service in 1801; USS Virginia (1825), was a 74-gun ship of the line laid down in 1818 but never launched, and broken up on the stocks in 1874; USS Virginia (1861), was a captured Spanish blockade runner during the American Civil War and ...
USS Virginia (BB-13) 4 × 12 in (305 mm) (2x2) 15,000 tons 21 May 1902 5 April 1904 7 May 1906 Sunk as target USS Nebraska (BB-14) 4 July 1902 7 October 1904 1 July 1907 Sold for scrap, 1923 USS Georgia (BB-15) 31 August 1901 11 October 1904 24 September 1906 Sold for scrap, 1923 USS New Jersey (BB-16) 3 May 1902 10 November 1904 12 May 1906
The USS Virginia's propellers got tangled in the nets, reports say, dragging them out to sea. The US Navy has sent several vessels into nearby waters in recent months amid tensions with Russia.
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USS Virginia (SSN-774) is a nuclear powered cruise missile attack submarine and the lead ship of her class, currently serving in the United States Navy (USN). She is the tenth vessel of the Navy to be named for the Commonwealth of Virginia, as well as the second US Navy attack submarine to be named after a state, a pattern that is common throughout her class.