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CSS Virginia was the first steam-powered ironclad warship built by the Confederate States Navy during the first year of the American Civil War; she was constructed as a casemate ironclad using the razéed (cut down) original lower hull and engines of the scuttled steam frigate USS Merrimack.
Virginia is the name of several ships: Virginia (pinnace) or Virginia of Sagadahoc, a pinnace built in 1607-08 by colonists at the Popham Colony; Virginia (schooner), a wooden replica schooner launched in 2005; HMS Virginia, a 32-gun frigate; USS Virginia, many ships by the name; USRC Virginia, many ships of the US Revenue Cutter Service
Name Occupation Alt. names Ships Notes on travel Gabriel Archer: Captain and gentleman Archer, Gabriell Blessinge: Secretary to the Council, previously sailed with original colonists Robert Adams [53] Captain Blessinge: Henry Bagwell: Sea Venture → Deliverance: Traveled from Bermuda to Virginia on Deliverance, aged 35 Temperance Flowerdew
The ship was a project of the Plymouth Company, branch of the proprietary Virginia Company, on land England claimed as belonging to the Virginia Colony. She was the first English ocean-going vessel built in the New World , and a demonstration of the new colony's ability to build ships.
The replica Virginia was commissioned by the Virginia Maritime Heritage Foundation and built, with about $5 million in state and federal funding, [4] by Tri-Coastal Marine in Norfolk, Virginia. [5] She was completed in 2005. [6] She is a gaff rigged knockabout schooner, meaning she lacks a bowsprit; her headsails can be handled and furled from ...
USS Virginia (SP-1965), was a two-masted auxiliary schooner acquired by the Navy and officially referred to only as SP-1965, patrolled the east coast during World War I; USS Virginia (CGN-38), was a Virginia-class cruiser commissioned in 1976 and decommissioned in 1994; USS Virginia (SSN-774), is a Virginia-class submarine commissioned in 2004
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For ships named for the Commonwealth of Virginia, for places in Virginia, or for persons from Virginia. Note: United States Navy ships should not be placed directly into this category. They should be placed in Category:United States Navy Virginia-related ships.