 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kwenguva yebasa rake, Virginia yakashanda muAtlantic Fleet, yakawanda yacho yakashandiswa kuitisa nguva yerunyararo kudzidzisa kudzidzira kuchengetedza kugadzirira kwechikepe. Muna 1907-1909, iye akatora mugove cruise Mukuru White Fleet kumativi nyika. Akabatanidzwa mukupindira kweAmerica muMexico Revolution muna 19131914, kusanganisira basa reVeracruz.. Pashure pokunge United States yapinda muHondo Yenyika I muna April 1917, yakatanga kushandiswa kudzidzisa varwi vehondo nokuda kwehondo yehondo yehondo, uye gare gare kuti vatungamirire makondirakiti kuEurope. Munguva iyi, iye akashanda kwenguva pfupi sezvo mureza 1st uye 3rd Mapoka, Battleship Force. Pashure pokunge hondo yapera muna November 1918, yakapiwa basa rokutakura varwi vokuAmerica vachidzoka kubva kuFrance. Virginia yakabviswa mubasa muna 1920 uye pakupedzisira yakashandiswa sechikepe chakanangwa muna 1923 pasi pemitemo yeWashington Naval Treaty. 