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USS Virginia CGN-38
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The four Virginia class guided missile cruisers were equipped to fulfill multiple tasks in all warfare mission areas. The ships were equiped with two twin-rail missile launchers for AAW with ASROC capability; two 5" .54 caliber gun mounts for AAW and ASUW; two three-barrel torpedo launchers for ASW; and a LAMPS helicopter for ASW. Two pressurized nuclear reactors were capable of propelling the ship at speeds in excess of 30 knots, providing the endurance and capability to operate with other conventional and nuclear ships over extended periods of time and great distances. During the 1980s the ships were was outfitted with the Tomahawk Cruise Missile System, the Standard SM2(MR) Missile System, and the AN/SPS-49 Air Search Radar. Planned Refueling Complex Overhauls were canceled in the early 1990s due to the expense of maintaining the nuclear propulsion components, and the ships were all decommissioned after a relatively brief period of service averageing somewhat less than two decades. Thus the CGN-41 was commissioned in 1980 with a life expectancy of 38 years, though it was retired in 1997 after only half that period in service.
Specifications |
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Power Plant | 2 D2G General Electric nuclear reactors, two shafts, 60,000 shp |
Length | Overall Length: 586 ft Waterline Length: 560 ft |
Beam | Extreme Beam: 63 ft Waterline Beam: 62 ft |
Draft | Maximum Navigational Draft: 32 ft Draft Limit: 23 ft |
Displacement | Light Displacement: 10663 tons Full Displacement: 11666 tons |
Speed | 30 plus knots |
Aircraft | None |
Helicopter Landing Capability | None |
Armament | Standard
Missiles (MR) ASROC 8 - Tomahawk ASM/LAM (from 2 armored box launchers 8 - Harpoon (from two Mk141 quad launchers) 4 - MK 46 torpedoes (from fixed single tubes) 2 - Mk45 5-inch/54 caliber lightweight gun 2 - 20mm Phalanx CIWS |
Combat Systems |
SPS-40 Air Search Radar SPS-48 3D Air Search Radar SPS-67 Surface Search Radar SQQ-26 Sonar [bow mounted] 1 Mk14 Weapon Direction System |
Crew | 39 Officers, 539 Enlisted |
Unit Operating Cost Annual Average |
~$40,000,000 [source: [FY1996 VAMOSC] |
Unit Cost | $675 million [1990 prices] |
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Name | Number | Builder | Homeport | Ordered | Commissioned | Decommissioned |
Virginia | CGN 38 | Newport News | Norfolk | 21 Dec 1971 | 11 Sep 1976 | 10 Nov 1994 |
Texas | CGN 39 | Newport News | Alameda | 21 Dec 1971 | 10 Sep 1977 | 16 Jul 1993 |
Mississippi | CGN 40 | Newport News | Norfolk | 21 Jan 1972 | 05 Aug 1978 | 28 Jul 1997 |
Arkansas | CGN 41 | Newport News | Bremerton | 31 Jan 1975 | 18 Oct 1980 | 07 Jul 1997 |