USS FLORIDA (SSBN 728)
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HISTORY OF THE SHIPS NAMED
FLORIDA
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USS Florida (1824
- 1831) Survey Sloop |
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The first FLORIDA was a survey sloop that served on survey duty off of the southern coast between 1824 and 1831. The second, a 214-foot side-wheel steamer, operated from 1861-67. She saw Civil War Service as a unit of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron patrolling the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. At least two ships named FLORIDA were part of the Confederate Fleet during the Civil War. One was 171-foot blockade runner, the other a 191foot cruiser that captured an impressive 37 Union ships. . |
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USS Florida (1869 -
1885) Steam Frigate |
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The third predecessor was a steam frigate
first named WAMPANOAG, then renamed FLORIDA in 1869. She was sold in 1885.
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USS Florida (1901 - 1922) Monitor |
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The fourth, a 252-foot monitor (#9), served from 1901-1922 as a training vessel and submarine tender.
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USS Florida (1911 - 1931) (Battleship #30, later BB-30) |
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USS Florida, lead ship of a class of two (521-foot) 21,825-ton battleships, was built at the New York Navy Yard. She was commissioned in September 1911 and operated in the western Atlantic and Caribbean areas for the next six years. In addition to regular fleet maneuvers, gunnery practice and training exercises, Florida took part in the U.S. intervention at Vera Cruz, Mexico in April-July 1914. In December 1917, she steamed across the Atlantic to join the British Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow and served in the North Sea for the rest of World War I. In December 1918, she escorted President Woodrow Wilson as he arrived off France, en route to participate in the post-war peace conference. Later in that month, Florida was present in New York Harbor for the Victory Fleet Review.
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Florida (1983 - Present) SSBN-728 |
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FLORIDA (SSBN 728) is the third of the Ohio-Class submarines and the sixth
U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.. The keel of the USS FLORIDA was laid on
the occasion of the nation's Bicentennial, July 4, 1976, at General
Dynamics' Electric Boat Division. The ship was unnamed at the keel-laying
ceremony and remained that way until January 19, 1981, when the Secretary of
the Navy officially assigned it the name FLORIDA.
Keel Layed: 4 July 1976 |
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USS FLORIDA PHOTOGRAPHS
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USS FLORIDA (BB-30)
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USS FLORIDA (SSBN 728)
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