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You will be able to zoom in to better read names etc. Uss virginia cgn38 underway in the northeastern mediterranean on 26 april 1991 6478193. The 178mlong uss virginia cgn38 was a nuclearpowered guided missile cruiser of the us navy that was commissioned in 1976. Its 500 crew members also provided assistance after the bombing of the marine barracks in beirut. Shown images are of much lower quality, due to resizing. For all those who served on the virginia built in virginia by virginians, uss virginia was constructed at newport. She was commissioned in 1976 and decommissioned in 1994. Early decommissioning the early retirement of the virginia class cgn 38 41 cruisers has been widely criticized.
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