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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]].
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==Construction==
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Her hull was live-oak.{{USSecNavReport1876|p. 28}}
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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''Wampanoag'' was renamed ''Florida'' on 15 May, 1869.{{BauerRobertsRegister|p. 58}}
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In 1876 she was described as serviceable but "will have to be repaired before going to sea."{{USSecNavReport1876|p. 28}}
 
In 1876 she was described as serviceable but "will have to be repaired before going to sea."{{USSecNavReport1876|p. 28}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=James William Augustus Nicholson|nick=James W. A. Nicholson|appt=17 September, 1867|precBy=None}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wampanoag_(1864)}}
 
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Revision as of 21:17, 30 March 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 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

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 57.
  2. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 57.
  3. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 57.
  4. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 57.
  5. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 57.
  6. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 57.
  7. SecNav's Annual Report, 1876. p. 28.
  8. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 58.
  9. SecNav's Annual Report, 1876. p. 28.

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