Ships built in Virginia

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 219. Chapters: USS Texas (BB-35), USS West Virginia (BB-48), USS Yorktown (CV-10), USS Yorktown (CV-5), USS Pennsylvania (BB-38), USS Chesapeake (1799), USS Ticonderoga (CV-14), SS United States, USS Texas (1892), USS Maryland (BB-46), USS Nimitz (CVN-68), USS Ranger (CV-61), USS William B. Preston (DD-344), USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), USS Midway (CV-41), CSS Virginia, USS Ranger (CV-4), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), USS Richmond (1860), USS Wilmington (PG-8), USS Virginia (BB-13), USS Shangri-La (CV-38), USS Wainwright (DD-419), USS Lenape (ID-2700), USS York County (LST-1175), USS Newport News (CA-148), USS Randolph (CV-15), USS Mississippi (BB-41), USS Russell (DD-414), USS Yankee (1892), USS Vicksburg (CL-86), USS Lake Champlain (CV-39), USS Mobile (CL-63), USS Thomas Jefferson (APA-30), USS Thomas (DD-182), USS Shadwell (LSD-15), USS Wilhelmina (ID-2168), USS Trinity (AO-13), USS Noa (DD-343), CSS Virginia II, USS Tarawa (CV-40), USS Raleigh (C-8), USS Mustin (DD-413), USS New Mexico (SSN-779), USS Viper (1806), USS San Francisco (SSN-711), SS President Coolidge, USS Newport News (SSN-750), USS Welborn C. Wood (DD-195), USS Patoka (AO-9), USS Rushmore (LSD-14), USS Sapelo (AO-11), USS Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601), USS Roanoke (1855), USS Missouri (BB-11), USS Perry (1843), USS Rowan (DD-405), USS Laning (DE-159), USS Salinas (AO-19), USS President Jackson (APA-18), USS Louisiana (BB-19), USS President Adams (APA-19), USS Morris (DD-417), USS Powhatan (1850), USS Virginia (CGN-38), USS Minnesota (BB-22), USS West Virginia (ACR-5), USS Texas (CGN-39), USS Loy (DE-160), USS Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618), USS LST-340, USS Ramsay (DD-124), USS Tucker (DD-374), USS Thomas Stone (APA-29), USS Von Steuben (SSBN-632), USS Talamanca (AF-15), USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609), USS Los Angeles (SSN-688), USS Maryland (ACR-8), USS Lapon (SSN-661), USS Leyte (CV-32), USS United States (CVA-58), NOAAS McArthur (S 330), USS President Hayes (APA-20), USCGC Tampa (1912), USS Richard B. Russell (SSN-687), USS North Carolina (SSN-777), USS Truxtun (1842), USS Shubrick (DD-639), CSS Texas, USS Texas (SSN-775), USS Shark (SSN-591), USS Munaires (ID-2197), USS Yorktown (1839), USS President Monroe (AP-104), USS Ray (SSN-653). Excerpt: USS Texas (BB-35), the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the U.S. state of Texas, is a New York-class battleship. The ship was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned on 12 March 1914. Soon after her commissioning, Texas saw action in Mexican waters following the "Tampico Incident" and made numerous sorties into the North Sea during World War I. When the United States formally entered World War II in 1941, Texas escorted war convoys across the Atlantic, and later shelled Axis-held beaches for the North African campaign and the Normandy Landings before being transferred to the Pacific Theater late in 1944 to provide naval gunfire support during the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Texas was decommissioned in 1948, having earned a total of five battle stars for service in World War II, and is presently a museum ship near Houston, Texas. Among the world's remaining battleships, Texas is notable for being the oldest remaining dreadnought battleship. She is also noteworthy for being one of only six remaining ships to have served in both World Wars. Among US-built battleships, Texas is notable for her sizable number of firsts: the first US battleship to mount anti-aircraft guns, the first US...