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USS South Carolina (CGN-37) USS SOUTH CAROLINA – 1974 USS South Carolina (CGN-37) was the second ship of the California-class of nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers in the United States Navy.The USS South Carolina and her sister ship the USS California were equipped with two Mk-13 launchers, fore and aft, for the RIM-24 Tartar surface-to-air missiles, ASROCContinue reading “USS South Carolina (CGN-37)”

USS South Carolina (CGN-37) USS SOUTH CAROLINA – 1974 USS South Carolina (CGN-37) was the second ship of the California-class of nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers in the United States Navy.The USS South Carolina and her sister ship the USS California were equipped with two Mk-13 launchers, fore and aft, for the RIM-24 Tartar surface-to-air missiles, ASROCContinue reading “USS South Carolina (CGN-37)”

USS Virginia (CGN-38) was a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser, the lead ship of her class, and the eighth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Commonwealth of Virginia.She was laid down on 19 August 1972 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company as a Destroyer Leader, Guided Missile, Nuclear,Continue reading “USS Virginia (CGN-38)”