CSS Florida

CSS Florida

At least three ships of the Confederate States Navy were named CSS "Florida" in honor of the third Confederate state:

* The blockade runner CSS "Florida" was commissioned in January 1862, captured by the U.S. Navy in April 1862, and became USS "Hendrick Hudson"

* The cruiser CSS "Florida" was commissioned in August 1862 and captured by the U.S. Navy while in port in Bahia, Brazil in October 1864

* The gunboat CSS "Selma" was named CSS "Florida" prior to July 1862.

ee also

*USS "Florida".


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