USS Virginia (1825)

History
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	2633
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 the United States Congress on 29 April 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.

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