USS Virginia (1825)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Virginia.

Career
Name:	USS Virginia
Ordered:	29 April 1816
Builder:	Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts
Laid down:	May 1822
Completed:	1825
Commissioned:	Not commissioned
Fate:	Broken up, 1874
General characteristics
Type:	North Carolina-class ship of the line
Tonnage:	2,633 long tons (2,675 t)
Length:	197 ft 2 in (60.10 m) p/p
Beam:	53 ft (16 m)
Depth of hold:	22 ft (6.7 m)
Complement:	820 officers and enlisted
Armament:	74 guns

USS Virginia was one of nine 74-gun warships authorized by Congress on April 29th, 1816. It was laid down at the Boston Navy Yard, in May 1822, was finished about May 1825, and was kept on the stocks. Naval policy and the expense involved discouraged launching or commissioning the "74s" except when the national interest clearly required it. Virginia remained on the stocks at Boston until it was broken up there starting in 1874.

References

• This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.