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   | USS Virginia
(CGN-38) (formerly DLGN-38)   USS Virginia was the lead
ship of four VIRGINIA class nuclear powered guided missile cruisers ordered
by the United States Navy.
 [Status: Disposed of by
Recycling ]
 Class: CGN 38 - Virginia
Class Cruiser, Guided Missile, Nuclear
 
 Builder: NEWPORT NEWS/NEWPT 
Delivery Date: 08/27/1976
 Award Date: 12/21/1971 
Age (since delivery) (At time of disposal): 26.1 years
 Keel Date: 08/19/1972 
Commission Date: 09/11/1976
 Launch Date: 12/14/1974 
Decommission Date: 11/10/1994
 Age (since launch)(At time
of disposal) 27.8 years  Years from Commission to Decommission: 18.2
 Stricken Date: 11/10/1994
 Keel laid: August 19, 1972 
Launched: December 14, 1974
 Commissioned: September
11, 1976
 Decommissioned: November
10, 1994
 Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding
Co., Newport News, Va.
 Propulsion system: two D2G
General Electric nuclear reactors
 Propellers: two
 Length: 585 feet (178 meters)
 Beam: 63 feet (19.2 meters)
 Draft: 31,5 feet (9.6 meters)
 Displacement: approx. 11,300
tons full load
 Speed: 30+ knots
 Aircraft: none and no helicopter
landing capability
 Armament: two Mk-26 missile
launcher for Standard missiles (MR) and ASROC, two Mk-141 Harpoon missile
launchers, two armored box launchers for Tomahawk ASM/LAM, Mk-46 torpedoes
from two triple mounts, two 5-inch/54 caliber Mk-45 lightweight guns, two
20mm Phalanx CIWS, four machine guns
 Crew: 39 Officers, 539 Enlisted
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