Service of the Navy Office of Information. chinfo.navy.mil. [zarchiwizowane z tego adresu (2008-02-28)]. (en.) "On September 10, 1998, the Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable John Dalton, announced his decision to name the lead ship of the New Attack Submarine class the USS Virginia (SSN 774). «I can think of no other state that so embodies the maritime heritage of this great Nation than the Commonwealth of Virginia.» said Secretary Dalton."
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Service of the Navy Office of Information. chinfo.navy.mil. [zarchiwizowane z tego adresu (2008-02-28)]. (en.) "On September 10, 1998, the Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable John Dalton, announced his decision to name the lead ship of the New Attack Submarine class the USS Virginia (SSN 774). «I can think of no other state that so embodies the maritime heritage of this great Nation than the Commonwealth of Virginia.» said Secretary Dalton."
