Virginia, Ship-of-the-Line History
The next Virginia was one of nine, 74-gun warships authorized by Congress on 29 April 1816 and was nearly identical to sister ships of "North Carolina class": Alabama (renamed New Hampshire); Delaware, New York, North Carolina, Vermont, and Ohio. She was laid down at the Boston Navy Yard, Mass., in May 1822; finished about 1825; and was kept on the stocks as naval policy and the expense involved discouraged launching or commissioning the "74s" except when the national interest clearly required it. Virginia remained on the stocks at Boston until she was broken up there starting in 1874.

Tonnage, 2,633; Length, 197'1 1/2"; Beam 63'; Depth of hold, 22'; Complement, 820; Armament, seventy-four guns
Bibliography
James L. Mooney, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1981), Vol.7: T-V, p. 540

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