U.S.S. Florida (1864)
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| 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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