U.S.S. Virginia
BB-13
1906
(Navis 312)
- Class: Virginia - 5 battleships of 1899-1900
- Displacement: 14,948 tons
- Dimensions: 435 (wl) 441.25 (oa) x 76.25 x 23.75 ft
- Machinery: 2-shaft reciprocating (VTE), IHP 19,000 = 19 knots
- Armor: Main belt 8-11in, ends 4in, turrets 10-11in, secondary turrets 6 in, CT 9in
- Armament: 4-12in (2x2), 8-8in (4x2), 12-6in, 12-3in guns; 4-21in TT
- Complement: 905
- Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA
- Keel Laid: 21 May 1902
- Launched: 5 Apr 1904
- Commissioned: 7 May 1906
- Decommissioned: 13 Aug 1920
- History: Cruised around the world as part of the Great White Fleet, Dec 1907 to Feb 1909. At Vera Cruz for 6 months in 1914. Engaged in gunnery training and convoy escort during WW1. Post-war she made five trips bringing soldiers home from Europe to mid-1919. After being stricken, she was used as target by Army Air Corps bombers and sunk off Diamond Shoals, NC, 5 Sep 1923.
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