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Several [[United States Navy]] ships have borne the name '''''Florida''''', in honor of the state of [[Florida]]:

*''Florida'' (1824) was a [[sloop-of-war|sloop]] that served on survey duty between 1824 and 1831. Her final cruise, between 1 June 1830 and 31 May 1831, was under the command of Lieutenant T. R. Gedney.
*''Florida'' (1834) was a [[steamboat]] built in Savannah, Georgia, and operated on the St. Johns River during the [[Second Seminole War]]. It was {{convert|104|ft}} long with a [[Beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|7|ft|4|in}} and [[Displacement (ship)|displaced]] near 144 tons.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mueller |first1=Edward A. |title=Steamboat Activity in Florida during the Second Seminole Indian War |journal=The Florida Historical Quarterly |date=April 1986 |volume=64 |issue=4 |page=408 |url=http://palmm.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/ucf%3A25476 |access-date=10 March 2023}}</ref>
* {{USS|Florida|1850}} was a side-wheel steamboat purchased in 1861 and sold after 1867.
* {{USS|Florida|1869}} was originally the screw [[frigate]] USS ''Wampanoag'', renamed in 1869, and sold in 1885.
* {{USS|Florida|BM-9}} was an {{sclass|Arkansas|monitor|0}} [[monitor (warship)|monitor]] commissioned in 1903, renamed to USS ''Tallahassee'' in 1908, redesignated as IX-16 in 1921 and decommissioned and sold in 1922.
* {{USS|Florida|BB-30}} was the [[lead ship]] of [[Florida-class battleship|her class]] of [[battleship]], commissioned 1911 and scrapped in 1932.
* {{USS|Florida|SSGN-728}} is an {{sclass|Ohio|submarine|0}} [[cruise missile submarine]], originally commissioned in 1983 as a [[ballistic missile submarine]] designated SSBN-728.

==See also==
* [[CSS Florida|CSS ''Florida'']]
* {{USS|Floridian|ID-3875}}

==References==
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