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 104 feet (32 m) long with a beam of 7 feet 4 inches (2.24 m) and displaced near 144 tons.[1]
USS Florida (1850) was a side-wheel steamboat purchased in 1861 and sold after 1867.
USS Florida (1869) was originally the screw frigate USS Wampanoag, renamed in 1869, and sold in 1885.
USS Florida (BM-9) was an Arkansas-class monitor commissioned in 1903, renamed to USS Tallahassee in 1908, redesignated as IX-16 in 1921 and decommissioned and sold in 1922.
USS Florida (BB-30) was the lead ship of her class of battleship, commissioned 1911 and scrapped in 1932.
USS Florida (SSGN-728) is an Ohio-class cruise missile submarine, originally commissioned in 1983 as a ballistic missile submarine designated SSBN-728.
^Mueller, Edward A. (April 1986). "Steamboat Activity in Florida during the Second Seminole Indian War". The Florida Historical Quarterly. 64 (4): 408. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
tons. USSFlorida (1850) was a side-wheel steamboat purchased in 1861 and sold after 1867. USSFlorida (1869) was originally the screw frigate USS Wampanoag...
has been named USS Tallahassee, after the city of Tallahassee, Florida, but two others were projected to carry the name. The first USS Tallahassee (BM-9)...
construction of battleships with USS Texas in 1892, although its first ship to be designated as such was USS Indiana. Texas and USS Maine, commissioned three...
captured by the U.S. Navy in April 1862, and became USS Hendrick Hudson The cruiser CSS Florida (cruiser) was commissioned in August 1862 and captured...
1867 to 1868, and was later renamed USSFlorida. The second USS Wampanoag (ATA-202) was the auxiliary ocean tugboat USS ATA-202, in commission from 1944...
the ship's insignia. USS La Jolla (SSN-701) USSFlorida (SSGN-728), after her conversion from an SSBN to a SSGN.[citation needed] USS Montpelier (SSN-765)[citation...
African-American veteran. Edouard Izac (1891–1990) – U.S. Navy. Served on USSFlorida and USS President Lincoln. Last Medal of Honor recipient. Henry Forster (1889–1989) –...
USS Gravely, and USS Mason, along with the cruise-missile submarine USSFlorida, launched a total of 80 Tomahawk cruise missiles. During this first wave...
by way of ceremony, and non-commissioned. Ships denoted with the prefix "USS" are commissioned ships. Prior to commissioning, ships may be described as...
temporarily repaired by the destroyer tender USS Acadia before setting a course for Mayport Naval Station, Florida, the ship's home port. A court of inquiry...
missile USSFlorida (SSGN-728) USS Georgia (SSGN-729) Ballistic missile USS Alaska (SSBN-732) USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) USS West Virginia (SSBN-736) USS Maryland (SSBN-738)...
the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and her escorting Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, USS Gravely, USS Laboon and USS Mason. Other countries'...
firing over the top. In 1908, United States Navy tests using the monitor USSFlorida (BM-9) as the testbed proved that superfiring was safe. The result was...
submarines USS Providence and USS Scranton, the cruise missile submarine USSFlorida and the amphibious command ship USS Mount Whitney. Additionally, A-10...
perform SDV operations with the nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine USSFlorida US Navy SDV MK IX Swimmer Delivery Vehicle. Non-watertight submersible...
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