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Keel laying postal cover, 19 AUG 1972. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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Launching Booklet, 14 DEC 1974. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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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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Launch photo, December 14 1974. |
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Commissioning Booklet, 11 SEP 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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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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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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Anchored at Athens, Greece, 18 JUN 1983. |
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 FEB 1994. |
Robert M. Cieri |
(Courtesy of Robert M. Cieri, Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves)
