USS Florida
At least six
United States Navy ships have borne the name
Florida, in honor of the
27th state.
- The first Florida was a sloop that served on survey duty between 1824 and 1831.
- The second Florida was a side-wheel steamer purchased in 1861 and sold after 1867.
- The third Florida was originally the screw frigate Wampanoag renamed in 1869, and sold in 1885.
- The fourth Florida (BM-9) was a monitor commissioned in 1903, renamed to Tallahassee in 1908, and sold in 1922.
- The fifth Florida (BB-30) was a battleship commissioned 1911 and scrapped in 1932.
- The sixth Florida (SSBN-728) is an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, commissioned in 1983.
