| Article number: | 10.11.073 |
Overview of the USS Virginia (CGN-38) — the first nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser of its class in the US Navy.
| Characteristics | Information |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Virginia |
| Hull number: | CGN-38 |
| Type: | Nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser |
| Class: | Virginia class(lead ship) |
| Shipyard: | Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia, USA |
| Keel laid: | 19 August 1972 |
| Launched: | 14 December 1974 |
| Commissioned: | 11 September 1976 |
| Decommissioned: | 29 November 1994 |
| Key role: | Fleet air defence, surface warfare, aircraft carrier escort, nuclear-powered command ship |
| Characteristic | Value (average per class) |
|---|---|
| Displacement: | approx. 11,000 tonnes (fully loaded) |
| Length: | 178 m (585 ft) |
| Beam: | 19 m (63 ft) |
| Draught: | 9.8 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 × D2G nuclear reactors → 2 steam turbines, 60,000 hp total |
| Speed: | >30 knots |
| Crew: | approx. 550 (officers + ratings) |
(varies depending on modernisation; below is the standard configuration during active service)
2 × Mk 26 twin-arm missile launchers
For Standard SM-1/SM-2 SAMs (air defence)
Later also Harpoon anti-ship missiles in launchers on the deck
1 × 5"/54 (127 mm) Mark 45 gun
2 × Phalanx CIWS (from the 1980s)
2 × triple torpedo launchers (Mk 46 torpedoes)
ASROC launcher (anti-submarine missile system, in early years)
Electronic warfare: SLQ-32 suite, chaff/decoy systems
Radars: AN/SPS-48 3D air search radar, AN/SPS-49 2D radar, Mk 86 fire control systems
The USS Virginia was the first of four ships in her class (Virginia, Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas).
Primarily active in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea as part of the US Second and Sixth Fleets.
Tasks: air defence for aircraft carriers, surface warfare, maritime patrols and NATO exercises.
Underwent a modernisation (New Threat Upgrade) in the 1980s to improve its missile systems.
Decommissioned in 1994 due to high maintenance costs for the nuclear reactors and the end of the Cold War.
Later dismantled and de-nuclearised through the Navy Nuclear-Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Programme.
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Drawing number |
10.11.073 |
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Definition |
Missile cruiser USS "Virginia" CGN38 |
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Quality |
bandages; side; deck plan; details; assembly instructions; drawings with Chinese text |
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Scale |
1:179 |
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Number of A1 sheets |
2 |
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Total drawing sheets |
2 |
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0 |
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Weight in grams |
105 |
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Details |
Length 100 cm |
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Comments |
Artek 0017 |