USS Virginia 3d model

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A Model of a Submarine: U.S.S. Virginia. Textures: Two sets of high-quality textures with bump maps are provided: clean and wet-hair. The original .psd file for these textures is also available. History: Built in Virginia by skilled Virginians, the USS VIRGINIA was constructed at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. Her sponsor was Virginia Stuart Warner, daughter of then Secretary of the Navy and now senior US Senator from Virginia. On 11 September 1976, the ship was commissioned in a ceremony at Norfolk Naval Base. After thorough trials and shakedown procedures associated with being the first ship of her class, she entered Norfolk Naval Shipyard for post-shakedown availability. This marked the beginning of a lifelong association between ship and yard for depot-level repairs and modifications. Following normal workups, including a trip to Northern Europe as part of a major NATO exercise, she embarked on her first of nine deployments. As part of an Indian Ocean deployment in 1980, she crossed the Indian Ocean to visit the Republic of the Philippines. During her third Mediterranean deployment in 1983, she fired nearly 300 five-inch rounds into Beirut and assisted when the Marine barracks were bombed. She was honored as Sixth Fleet Top Hand for that deployment. In 1984, she underwent a single major overhaul at Norfolk Naval Shipyard and was converted to the Navy's first strike cruiser with the addition of the Tomahawk weapons system and the SM-2 extension of her surface-to-air capability. Price: $79.00 Date Added: August 6, 2015 Last Update: October 20, 2015 Product ID: 55c3592fccff75b0688b4760