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| her class, was the tenth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tenth state. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 30 September 1998 and her keel was laid down on 2 September 1999. She was launched on 16 August 2003 sponsored by Lynda Johnson Robb, the daughter of President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson. Virginia is still under construction in mid-2004; on 10 March and 11 March, the prospective submarine shot 12 dummy torpedoes into the Thames River from each of the boat's four tubes. She is scheduled to be commissioned on
23 October 2004.
See USS Virginia for other ships of the same name.
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This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register and various press releases. Other information obtained from US Navy's official website.
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