USS Florida explained
Several United States Navy ships have borne the name Florida, in honor of the state of Florida:
- Florida (1824) was a sloop that served on survey duty between 1824 and 1831. Her final cruise, between 1 June 1830 and 31 May 1831, was under the command of Lieutenant T. R. Gedney.
- Florida (1834) was a steamboat built in Savannah, Georgia, and operated on the St. Johns River during the Second Seminole War. It was long with a beam of 7feet and displaced near 144 tons.[1]
- was a side-wheel steamboat purchased in 1861 and sold after 1867.
- was originally the screw frigate USS Wampanoag, renamed in 1869, and sold in 1885.
- was an monitor commissioned in 1903, renamed to USS Tallahassee in 1908, redesignated as IX-16 in 1921 and decommissioned and sold in 1922.
- was the lead ship of her class of battleship, commissioned 1911 and scrapped in 1932.
- is an cruise missile submarine, originally commissioned in 1983 as a ballistic missile submarine designated SSBN-728.
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Notes and References
- Mueller . Edward A. . Steamboat Activity in Florida during the Second Seminole Indian War . The Florida Historical Quarterly . April 1986 . 64 . 4 . 408 . 10 March 2023.
