VIRGINIA CGN 38
Ship Name and Designation History
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.
Keel Laid August 19 1972 as DLGN-38 Launched December 14 1974 Reclassified June 30 1975 |
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- Covers Page 1 (1976-2002)
Postmarks
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.
A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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Locy Type |
1976-09-11
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1988-07-18
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Statehood
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Locy Type |
1988-10-22
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1990-01-16
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Official Ship Mail
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Locy Type |
1990-07-09
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Locy Type |
1991-12-07
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Pearl Harbor Day, cachet by Richard H. Hall
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Locy Type |
1994-11-09
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Official Ship Cachet on a USS Virginia postcard
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Locy Type |
1990-07-09
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Locy Type |
1991-12-07
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Pearl Harbor Day, cachet by Richard H. Hall
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Locy Type |
1994-11-09
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Official Ship Cachet on a USS Virginia postcard
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USPS Type 9 |
1994-11-10
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USPS Type 9 |
1994-11-10
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Decommissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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Locy Type 11 |
2002-09-11
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Scrapping is completed of the USS Virginia CGN-38. Cachet by Tom Armstrong
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1976-09-11
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Keel Plaque, Keel Laying Booklet and Launching Booklet
Other Information
VIRGINIA earned the following awards during her Naval career - Joint Meritorious Unit Commendation (2) - Navy Unit Commendation (2) - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (4) - Navy Expeditionary Service Medal (3) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2) - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Sea Service Deployment Ribbon - Coast Guard Special Operations Service Ribbon.
NAMESAKE - The state of Virginia, the tenth State of the Union.
Ten US Navy ships have borne the name VIRGINIA - USS Virginia (28-gun sailing frigate 1776), USS Virginia (14-gun revenue cutter 1797), USS Virginia (74-gun ship of the line 1818), USS Virginia (blockade runner 1863), USS Virginia BB-13, USS Virginia SP-274, USS Virginia SP-746, USS Virginia SP-1965, USS Virginia CGN-38 and USS Virginia SSN-774.
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