USS Virginia (CGN-38)

USS Virginia underway in 1983
History
United States
Name	Virginia
Namesake	Commonwealth of Virginia
Ordered	21 December 1971
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company
Laid down	19 August 1972
Launched	14 December 1974
Sponsored by	Virginia Warner
Acquired	27 August 1976
Commissioned	11 September 1976
Decommissioned	10 November 1994
Stricken	10 November 1994
Identification	Callsign: NVYA Hull number: CGN-38
Motto	Sic Semper Tyrannis
Fate	Disposed of by recycling
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General characteristics
Class and type	Virginia-class cruiser
Displacement	11,000 tons
Length	585 ft (178 m)
Beam	63 ft (19 m)
Draft	31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion	60,000 shp (44,742 kW) 2 × G.E. reactors (D2G) Geared turbines, 2 screws
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)+
Range	Nuclear
Complement	500
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-48 3-D Air search radar AN/SPS-40 2-D Air search radar AN/SPS-55 surface search radar AN/SPQ-9 gun fire control radar AN/SPG-51 Missile fire control radar AN/SQS-53A Bow-Mounted Sonar AN/SLQ-25 "Nixie" Torpedo Countermeasures
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32 Mark 36 SRBOC
Armament	2 × Mk 26 missile launcher for Standard SAMs and ASROC 2 × Mk 141 Harpoon missile launchers 2 × armored box launchers for Tomahawk missile ASM/LAM 2 × triple mounts for Mk 46 torpedoes 2 × 5 inch/54 caliber Mk 45 lightweight guns 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 4 × machine guns

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.