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The first USS ''Virginia'' was a 28-gun Sailing Frigate built in 1776 , captured by the British in the following year and recommissioned as HMS ''Virginia'' .

The second ''Virginia'' was a 14-gun Revenue Cutter built in 1797 and returned to the Revenue Cutter Service in 1801 .

The third ''Virginia'' was a 74-gun Ship Of The Line laid down in 1818 but never launched, and broken up on the stocks in 1874 .

A captured Spanish Blockade Runner ''Virginia'' was a Navy ship between 1863 and 1865 . ''or'' The fourth USS ''Virginia'' , originally known as ''Pet'' and as ''Noe-Daquy'', was captured during the American Civil War and commissioned in the Union Navy.

The fifth ''Virginia'' (BB-13) was a Battleship commissioned in 1906 , decommissioned in 1920 , and destroyed in 1923 as a bombing target.

The sixth USS ''Virginia'' (SP-274) , a Yacht purchased by the Navy and officially referred to only as SP-274, patrolled Lake Michigan out of Detroit, Michigan during World War I .

The seventh USS ''Virginia'' (SP-746) , a Motorboat acquired by the Navy and officially referred to only as SP-746, patrolled the coast out of Machias, Maine during World War I .

The eighth USS ''Virginia'' (SP-1965) , a two-masted auxiliary schooner acquired by the Navy and officially referred to only as SP-1965, patrolled the coast out of Norfolk, Virginia during World War I .

The ninth USS ''Virginia'' (CGN-38) was a nuclear Guided Missile Cruiser , commissioned in 1976 and decommissioned in 1994 .

The tenth USS ''Virginia'' (SSN-774) , commissioned in 2004 , is the Lead Ship of Her Class of nuclear-powered attack Submarine s.

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The CSS ''Virginia'' was the first Confederate Ironclad , built using the hull of the captured USS ''Merrimack'' .

CSS ''Virginia II'' , an ironclad ram.