GC3F9C0 S3 - GCHR Battleship (USS Virginia CG-38) (Unknown Cache) in Virginia, United States created by GCHR Fleet Command

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Hampton Parks & Recreation Department Permit # 12032021. Pay particular attention to attributes associated with this cache.

**Cache with Caution - Area is home to Canebrake Rattlesnakes**

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FM CACHE STRIKE FORCE LEADER//

TO GCHR STRIKE FORCE ALPHA//

INFO GCHR HAMPTON ROADS VA//

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SUBJ/ GCHR BATTLESHIP – TARGET IDENTIFIED – USS VIRGINIA (CGN-38)//

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RMKS/ 1. ALL HANDS BE ADVISED, CARRIER TARGET IDENTIFIED. LOCATE CLUES AND COMPLETE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR LOCATION: N 37 AB.CDE :: W 076 FG.HIJ

2. TARGET HISTORY - USS VIRGINIA (CGN-68), VIRGINIA COMPLETED HER FINAL SEA TRIALS ON 28 SEPTEMBER 1977 AND BEGAN DUTY AS AN OPERATIONAL UNIT OF THE ATLANTIC FLEET. IN NOVEMBER, SHE CRUISED ALONG THE NEW ENGLAND AND CANADIAN COASTS, PARTICIPATING IN ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE EXERCISES. IN DECEMBER, SHE RETURNED TO THE WEST INDIES FOR MISSILE FIRINGS ON THE ATLANTIC FLEET WEAPONS RANGE. ON 23 AUGUST 1978 VIRGINIA EMBARKED UPON A CRUISE TO NORTHERN EUROPE TO PARTICIPATE IN EXERCISE NORTHERN WEDDING, A NATO EXERCISE, TO TEST THE ABILITY TO REINFORCE NATO FORCES IN WESTERN EUROPE. HER FIRST DEPLOYMENT TO THE MEDITERRANEAN WHICH WAS SCHEDULED TO COMMENCE IN EARLY 1979.
AS PART OF AN INDIAN OCEAN DEPLOYMENT IN 1980, SHE CROSSED THE INDIAN OCEAN TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, FOR EMERGENCY SONAR DOME REPAIRS. DURING HER THIRD MEDITERRANEAN DEPLOYMENT IN 1983, SHE PATROLLED OFF BEIRUT AND FIRED NEARLY 300 FIVE INCH ROUNDS INTO LEBANON, MANY IN DEFENSE OF THE STRATEGIC MOUNTAIN TOWN OF SUK EL GHARB. VIRGINIA PROVIDED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE AFTER THE BEIRUT MARINE BARRACKS BOMBING. SHE WAS HONORED AS SIXTH FLEET TOP HAND FOR THAT EXTENDED DEPLOYMENT. IN 1984, SHE ENTERED NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD FOR HER SINGLE MAJOR OVERHAUL AND WAS CONVERTED TO THE NAVY'S FIRST STRIKE CRUISER WITH THE ADDITION OF THE PHALANX CIWS, TOMAHAWK MISSILE AND THE SM-2 EXTENSION OF HER SURFACE TO AIR CAPABILITY. IN DECEMBER 1990, VIRGINIA DEPLOYED TO THE MEDITERRANEAN IN SUPPORT OF OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM. MOST OF THE SIX-MONTH DEPLOYMENT WAS SPENT IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA, OFF THE COAST OF ISRAEL, LEBANON, AND SYRIA. THERE SHE COMMANDED A STRIKE GROUP OF 4 VESSELS INCLUDING A DESTROYER (USS SPRUANCE) AND 2 SSNS, USS PITTSBURGH (SSN-720) AND USS PHILADELPHIA (SSN-690). IN JANUARY 1991, SHE FIRED TWO TOMAHAWK CRUISE MISSILES FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN TO IRAQ, WHICH WAS AT THE TIME THE LONGEST COMBAT FIRING OF A TOMAHAWK. SHE ALSO DIRECTED THE LAUNCHING OF FOUR OTHER TOMAHAWKS FROM THE TWO SUBMARINES IN THE TASK GROUP.[CITATION NEEDED]
SHE WAS DECOMMISSIONED AND STRICKEN FROM THE NAVAL VESSEL REGISTER ON 29 NOVEMBER 1994, VIRGINIA ENTERED THE NAVY'S NUCLEAR-POWERED SURFACE SHIP AND SUBMARINE RECYCLING PROGRAM ON 31 MARCH 1999.

3. BE ADVISED – FINAL LOCATION EXHIBITS THE FOLLOWING : AREA OFTEN WET AND MUDDY, HIGH INSECT ACTIVITY IN WARM MONTHS, BEWARE OF LOCAL WILDLIFE – CANEBRAKE RATTLESNAKE AREA, .DAYLIGHT ATTACK ONLY AUTHORIZED – NO NIGHT OPERATIONS PERMITTED.

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