USS Virginia
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USS Virginia may refer to:
was a 28-gun sailing frigate built in 1776, captured by the British in the following year and recommissioned as
was a 14-gun revenue cutter built in 1797 and returned to the Revenue Cutter Service in 1801
was a 74-gun ship of the line
laid down in 1818 but never launched, and broken up on the stocks in 1874.
, was a captured Spanish blockade runner
during the American Civil War and commissioned into the Union Navy.
was a commissioned in 1906, decommissioned in 1920, and destroyed in 1923 as a bombing target
, was a yacht purchased by the Navy and officially referred to only as SP-274, patrolled Lake Michigan during World War I
, was a motorboat acquired by the Navy and officially referred to only as SP-746, patrolled the east coast during World War I
, 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
, was a commissioned in 1976 and decommissioned in 1994
, is a commissioned in 2004
See also
was a 28-gun sailing frigate built in 1776, captured by the British in the following year and recommissioned as
was a 14-gun revenue cutter built in 1797 and returned to the Revenue Cutter Service in 1801
was a 74-gun ship of the line
Ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...
laid down in 1818 but never launched, and broken up on the stocks in 1874.
, was a captured Spanish blockade runner
Blockade runner
A blockade runner is usually a lighter weight ship used for evading a naval blockade of a port or strait, as opposed to confronting the blockaders to break the blockade. Very often blockade running is done in order to transport cargo, for example to bring food or arms to a blockaded city...
during the American Civil War and commissioned into the Union Navy.
was a commissioned in 1906, decommissioned in 1920, and destroyed in 1923 as a bombing target
, was a yacht purchased by the Navy and officially referred to only as SP-274, patrolled Lake Michigan during World War I
, was a motorboat acquired by the Navy and officially referred to only as SP-746, patrolled the east coast during World War I
, 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
, was a commissioned in 1976 and decommissioned in 1994
, is a commissioned in 2004
See also
- CSS VirginiaCSS VirginiaCSS Virginia was the first steam-powered ironclad warship of the Confederate States Navy, built during the first year of the American Civil War; she was constructed as a casemate ironclad using the raised and cut down original lower hull and steam engines of the scuttled . Virginia was one of the...
was the first Confederate ironclad, built using the hull of the captured .
- CSS Virginia IICSS Virginia IICSS Virginia II was a Confederate Navy steam-powered ironclad ram laid down in 1862 at the William Graves' shipyard in Richmond, Virginia. Acting Constructor William A. Graves, CSN, was the superintendent in charge of her building. In order to conserve scarce iron plating, he ordered the ship's...
, an ironclad ram.
- Virginia (schooner)Virginia (schooner)Virginia is a wooden schooner that is a modern replica of an early twentieth century pilot vessel of the same name. She conducts educational programs and passenger trips along the Eastern Seaboard of the United States and Canada, and in the Caribbean....
, a wooden replica schooner launched in 2005