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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.
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.
SSN-771, CL-56, AG-9, & C-12 were named after American cities also named Columbia Guam: PG-43, CB-2, LPH-9, T-HST-1 Northern Mariana Islands: USS Saipan (CVL-48) and , both named for the Battle of Saipan, which took place on the island of Saipan, the largest and most populous island and the capital of CNMI Puerto Rico: T-EPF-11: HST-2
In January 2024, the US Navy requested a new permit for the installation and maintenance of mine training areas off the coasts of Hawaii and Southern California, as the Pacific Ocean, according to the command, is a priority theater of operations amid tensions with China. The current permit expires in 2025 and the Navy is required to submit an ...
Cities with populations of less than 50,000 are eligible to become towns through reversion. [2] The newest town and newest former town are Bedford in Bedford County, which ceased to be an independent city in 2013, and St. Charles in Lee County, which disincorporated in 2022. [3] For a complete list of independent cities, see List of cities in ...
For a complete list of these towns, see List of towns in Virginia. For major unincorporated population centers, see List of unincorporated communities in Virginia. Virginia's independent cities were classified by the Virginia General Assembly in 1871 as cities of the first class and cities of the second class. [3]
USS Monitor and CSS Virginia are together known for participating in the first engagement between two steam-powered ironclads, known as the Battle of Hampton Roads, on 9 March 1862. Monitor was the first ironclad built by the U.S. Navy and its design introduced the rotating gun turret to naval warfare.
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.