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English: Insignia of the U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser USS Virginia (CGN-38), in 1976. The Latin motto "sic semper tyrannis" translates into "thus always to tyrants" and is the motto of the U.S. State of Virginia.
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 (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.
The Virginia class, or the SSN-774 class, is the newest class of nuclear-powered cruise missile fast attack submarines in service with the United States Navy.The class is designed for a broad spectrum of open-ocean and littoral missions, including anti-submarine warfare and intelligence gathering operations. [10]
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 ...
Idaho (SSN-799), a Virginia-class submarine, will be the fifth U.S. Navy vessel named for the state of Idaho.Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the name on 23 August 2015, at a ceremony in Idaho. [4]
The USS Sequoia was designed in 1925 by Norwegian John Trumpy, who at the time made the most sought-after luxury yachts in the world. The USS Sequoia on the Potomac River. Al Fenn/The LIFE Picture ...
USS New Jersey (SSN-796), a Block IV Virginia-class submarine, is the third United States Navy vessel named for the state of New Jersey. The first two New Jerseys were battleships BB-16 and BB-62. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the name for the third New Jersey on 25 May 2015, at a ceremony in Jersey City, New Jersey. [5] [6] [7]