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• The first Florida was a 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 .

• The second Florida was a side-wheel steamer purchased in 1861 and sold after 1867.

• The third Florida was originally the screw frigate Wampanoag renamed in 1869, and sold in 1885.

• The fourth Florida (BM-9) was a monitorUSS Monitor became the prototype of a form of ship built by several navies for coastal defence in the 1860s and 1870s and known as a monitor . It was a low freeboard, mastless steam-powered vessel with one or two rotating armoured turrets. The low freeboa commissioned in 19031903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasn't had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. Events January 1 Edward VII of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Emperor of India, renamed to Tallahassee in 19081908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 1 A ball signifying New Year's Day drops in New York City's Times Square for the first time January 8 A train collision occurs in the Park Avenue T, and sold in 1922Events January 7 Dali Eireann ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64-57 votes. January 10 Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dail Eireann January 11 First successful insulin treatment of diabetes. January 12 British government releases Irish prisoners.

• The fifth Florida (BB-30)The USS Florida Career Laid down: 8 March 1909 Launched: 12 May 1910 Commissioned: 15 September 1911 Decommissioned: 16 February 1931 Fate:scrapped General Characteristics Displacement:21,825 t Length:521. 5 ft (159 m) Beam:88. 9 m) Draft:28. 6 m) Speed:2 was a battleshipThis article is about a battleship as a type of warship. See also Battleship (game). Dreadnought redirects here. See also Workers' Dreadnought. In naval history, battleships were the most heavily armed and armored warships afloat. In the mid- 20th century commissioned 19111911 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). Events January-June January 1 Northern Territory is separated from South Australia January 3 In London, a shootout between Russian anarchists and the Scots Guard January 10 Major Jimmi and scrapped in 19321932 is the leap year starting on Friday. see link for calendar) Events January-February January 3 British arrest and intern Mohandas Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel January 8 In Britain the Archbishop of Canterbury forbids church remarriage of divorcees Jan.

• The sixth Florida (SSBN-728) is an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, commissioned in 1983.