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Keel laying postal cover, 19 August 1972. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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Launching Booklet, 14 December 1974. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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Launching ceremony (keynote speaker John Warner is at the podium), 14 December 1974. |
Dale Hargrave |
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Virginia Warner christening Virginia CGN 38
in December 1974, She is the daughter of John Warner, former
Secretary of the Navy and later U. S. senator from Virginia. At
the time of the launching, he was head of the Bicentennial
Commission.
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Dale Hargrave |
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Sliding down the shipway, 14 December 1974. |
Dale Hargrave |
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Launch photo, 14 December 1974. |
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Three of the principals at the ceremony: SecNav J. William Middendorf, ADM Hyman G. Rickover, and John W. Warner, then Administrator of the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. |
Dale Hargrave |
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Commissioning Booklet, 11 September 1976. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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Commissioning, Norfolk Naval Station, 11 September
1976. |
Dale Hargrave |
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Commissioning, Norfolk Naval Station, 11 September
1976. |
Dale Hargrave |
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Commissioning, Norfolk Naval Station, 11 September
1976. Note the original 1775 Contentional Navy Jack being flown
(as all Navy ships were directed to fly in 1975 & 1976 to
celebrate the nations's Bi-Centennial) |
Dale Hargrave |
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Commissioning, Norfolk Naval Station, 11 September
1976. |
Dale Hargrave |
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Commissioning, Norfolk Naval Station, 11 September
1976. |
Dale Hargrave |
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Commissioning, Norfolk Naval Station, 11 September
1976. The commissioning pennant being raised. |
Dale Hargrave |
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Commissioning, Norfolk Naval Station, 11 September
1976. The ship's bell. |
Dale Hargrave |
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Bow on view. |
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Undated starboard bow view.
Photo © Atlantic
Fleet Sales
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Robert M. Cieri |
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Starboard bow view while underway in Lisbon,
Portugal, date unknown. |
Peter Lienau |
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Starboard quarter view while underway in Lisbon,
Portugal, date unknown. |
Peter Lienau |
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Mayport Florida, April 1978. |
Richard Leonhardt |
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26 October 1980 - A port bow view of the nuclear-powered
guided-missile cruiser USS Virginia (CGN 38) underway.
U.S. Navy photo #DN-SN-87-06488 by: PH2 C. Youmans.
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Robert M. Cieri |
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HAMPTON ROADS, VA, 22 December 1980 - Aerial bow view of the
nuclear-powered cruiser USS Virginia (CGN 38) being
assisted by Navy tugs. The nuclear-powered guided missile
cruiser USS South Carolina (CGN
37) and nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS
Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) are close astern, as
they enter port after an Indian Ocean deployment.
U.S. Navy photo #DN-ST-84-00318 by: PH2 Colin E. Fritz.
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Robert M. Cieri |
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An aerial starboard bow view of six nuclear-powered guided
missile cruisers underway in formation during exercise READEX
1-81. The ships are, from left to right: USS
TEXAS (CGN 39), USS
MISSISSIPPI (CGN 40), USS
CALIFORNIA (CGN 36), USS
SOUTH CAROLINA (CGN 37), USS VIRGINIA (CGN 38)
and USS ARKANSAS (CGN 41).
Photo taken 26 February 1981 by PH1 Anthony Alleyne.
DOD Photo #DN-SC-87-08333
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Steve Dietrich |
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Six nuclear powered cruisers sailing together on 28 February
1981. The United States had operated nuclear powered cruisers
for over three decades. USS
Long Beach (CGN 9) entered service in 1961
while the final cruisers, the California class were
decommissioned in 1999 (The Virginia class, the final class
designed and built, were decommissioned in 1998). First row,
front to back:
USS Virginia (CGN 38)
USS
South Carolina (CGN 37)
USS
California (CGN 36)
Second row, front to back:
USS
Arkansas (CGN 41)
USS
Mississippi (CGN 40)
USS
Texas (CGN 39)
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A port bow view of the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS
VIRGINIA (CGN 38) underway, 17 July 1981.
DOD Photo #DN-SC-87-01444
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Steve Dietrich |
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Anchored at Athens, Greece, 18 June 1983. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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USS Virginia (left) and USS South Carolina (right), 1987, location unknown. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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Welcome Aboard booklet, circa 1993. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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A bow on view of the nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser USS
Virginia (CGN 38) berthed at the pier of Port Everglades,
Florida and the destroyer USS
Moosbrugger (DD 980) nested outboard, during a port
call. Both ships are currently serving with NATO's Standing
Naval Force Atlantic.
U.S. Navy Photo #DN-SC-93-02765 taken by OS2 John Bouvia on 2
March 1993.
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Robert M. Cieri |
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Deactivation Booklet, 26 February 1994. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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Aerial view of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard on the Elizabeth
River, 25 March 1995. Ships in the yard, (L to R),
the decommissioned submarine tender Orion
(AS 18), a destroyer under overhaul, the
nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS
George Washington (CVN 73), decommissioned submarine
tender Hunley
(AS 31), the stripped-down hull of the
decommissioned nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser Virginia
(CGN 38) and a medium auxiliary repair dock inside the
large graving dock at lower right. Photo by Robert J. Sitar.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), photo #
330-CFD-DN-SC-95-01523.
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NARA
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MK-26 Launcher recovered from the ex-Virginia
forward main deck. USS Virginia also had one
aft MK-26 launcher, each weighing 43,000 lbs and part of the
Tartar Weapons System. The missiles are RIM-66C SM-2MR TSAMs
(Training Surface to Air Missile) minus the rear control
surfaces. USS Virginia was capable of firing 4
missiles simultaneously. This was the first MK-26 launcher
(serial number 5) overhauled by the Navy, done at Norfolk Naval
Shipyard in 1985. Located in Trophy Park, site of the original
Gosport Navy Yard, in the Norfolk Naval Shipyard.
Naval
Sea Systems Command
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