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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Florida''''' was one of two [[Wampanoag Class Frigate (1864)|''Wampanoag'' Class screw frigates]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]]. | |fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Florida''''' was one of two [[Wampanoag Class Frigate (1864)|''Wampanoag'' Class screw frigates]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]]. | ||
==Construction== | |||
Her hull was live-oak.{{USSecNavReport1876|p. 28}} | |||
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
''Wampanoag'''s trials and brief career were controversial at the time and even today most accounts are almost entirely one-sided in the extreme—either she was a perfect success killed by reactionism and bureaucratic infighting or a fatally-flawed white elephant whose achievements were a fraud or, at best, an exaggeration meant to protect her creators' reputation. | |||
''Wampanoag'' was renamed ''Florida'' on 15 May, 1869.{{BauerRobertsRegister|p. 58}} | |||
In 1876 she was described as serviceable but "will have to be repaired before going to sea."{{USSecNavReport1876|p. 28}} | |||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Florida''" nat="US"> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Florida''" nat="US"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=James William Augustus Nicholson|nick=James W. A. Nicholson|appt=17 September, 1867|precBy=None}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
{{refbegin}} | {{refbegin}} | ||
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wampanoag_(1864)}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:25, 25 April 2016
| U.S.S. Florida (1864) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | New York Navy Yard[1] |
| Ordered: | c. July 1863[2] |
| Laid down: | 3 Aug, 1863[3] |
| Launched: | 15 Dec, 1864[4] |
| Commissioned: | 17 Sep, 1867[5] |
| Sold: | 27 Feb, 1885[6] |
| Fate: | Broken up |
U.S.S. Florida was one of two Wampanoag Class screw frigates completed for the U.S. Navy.
Construction
Her hull was live-oak.[7]
Service
Wampanoag's trials and brief career were controversial at the time and even today most accounts are almost entirely one-sided in the extreme—either she was a perfect success killed by reactionism and bureaucratic infighting or a fatally-flawed white elephant whose achievements were a fraud or, at best, an exaggeration meant to protect her creators' reputation.
Wampanoag was renamed Florida on 15 May, 1869.[8]
In 1876 she was described as serviceable but "will have to be repaired before going to sea."[9]
Captains
- Captain James W. A. Nicholson, 17 September, 1867
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 57.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 57.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 57.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 57.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 57.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 57.
- ↑ SecNav's Annual Report, 1876. p. 28.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 58.
- ↑ SecNav's Annual Report, 1876. p. 28.
Bibliography
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