Ten [[United States Navy]] ships have borne the name ''' ''Virginia''''', after the [[Virginia|tenth State of the Union]].
*The first {{USS|Virginia|1776|6}} 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.
*'''{{nave|USS|Virginia|1825|6}}''' - impostata come vascello di linea con 74 cannoni nel [[1822]]. Pronta per il varo già nel [[1825]] rimase in deposito fino ad essere smantellata nel [[1874]]
* A captured Spanish [[blockade runner]] ''Virginia'' was a Navy ship between 1863 and 1865. ''or'' The fourth [[USS Virginia (1861)|USS ''Virginia'']], originally known as ''Pet'' and as ''Noe-Daquy'', was captured during the [[American Civil War]] and commissioned in the Union Navy.
*'''{{nave|USS|Virginia|BB-13|3}}''' - nave da battaglia, unità capoclasse della [[classe Virginia (nave da battaglia)|classe omonima]], varata nel [[1904]]; affondata nel [[1923]] per prove di bombardamen
*'''{{nave|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]].
*'''{{nave|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]].
*'''{{nave|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]].
*'''{{nave|USS|Virginia|CGN-38}}''' - incrociatore nucleare lanciamissili, unità capoclasse della [[classe Virginia (incrociatore)|classe omonima]], varato nel [[1974]]
*'''{{nave|USS|Virginia|SSN-774}}''' - sottomarino nucleare d'attacco, unità capoclasse della [[classe Virginia (sottomarino)|classe omonima]], varato nel [[2003]]
==See also==
* The [[CSS Virginia|CSS ''Virginia'']] was the first [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[ironclad]], built using the hull of the captured {{USS|Merrimack|1855|6}}.
* [[CSS Virginia II|CSS ''Virginia II'']], an ironclad ram.
*[[Virginia (schooner)|''Virginia'' (schooner)]], a wooden replica schooner launched in 2005
*[[USS Virginian|USS ''Virginian'']], the name of more than one United States Navy ship
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{{Unreferenced|date=November 2008}}Four ships of the United States Navy have been named '''USS ''Rhode Island'' ''' in honor of [[Rhode Island]].
*The first {{USS|Rhode Island|1861}} was a wooden sidewheel steamer previously named ''John P. King'' and ''Eagle'', and later renamed ''Charleston'' that saw action in the Civil War.
*The second {{USS|Rhode Island|BB-17}}, a ''Virginia''-class battleship, sailed on the first leg of the Great White Fleet's voyage, and provided anti-submarine services during World War I.
* SS Rhode Island was a 6096 ton Freighter built in Bath Maine in 1917. This ship was renamed a number of times due to ownership changes. Names include SS Woonsocket, SS Makiki during WWII serving convoy duty to England, and finally Rio charres in 1952 in Panama. The ship was finally scrapped in Japan in 1954.
*{{USS|Henry M. Jackson|SSBN-730|1}} was laid down as ''Rhode Island'', but renamed for Senator Henry M. Jackson after his death.
*{{USS|Rhode Island|SSBN-740|3}} became the third ship named for the state.
;Fictional starship
*In the Star Trek fictional universe, the USS ''Rhode Island'' (NCC-72701) is a [[Nova class starship]].
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Four ships of the United States Navy have been named '''USS ''Alaska''''' in honor of the territory acquired by the United States from Russia in 1867 which later became the state of Alaska:
*{{USS|Alaska|1868}}, a wooden-hulled screw sloop-of-war in commission from 1869 to 1883 that saw numerous small actions
*[[USS Alaska (ID-3035)|USS ''Alaska'' (ID-3035)]], a steam trawler chartered to serve as a minesweeper during World War I, in commission from 1918 to 1919
*{{USS|Alaska|CB-1}}, the lead ship of the ''Alaska'' class large cruisers, in commission from 1944 to 1947; she saw action in the last days of World War II
*{{USS|Alaska|SSBN-732}}, an ''Ohio'' class ballistic missile submarine commissioned in 1986 and currently in service
;See also
*[[USS Alaskan (ID-4542)]]
*[[USS Alarka (YTB-229)]]
*{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a5-list.htm}}
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