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Later Classes of Monitors:
USS Florida
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Wash Day, June 29, 1906, USS Florida
From the Collections of The Mariners' Museum
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A single turret Monitor built by Lewis
Nixon at Elizabeth, New Jersey. Launched November 30, 1901.
Placed in commission on June 18, 1903 under the command of Commander
John C. Fremont. She was signed to the coastal squadron until
1906 when she was used for training at the Naval Academy. 1908
her name was changed to the Tallahassee and was based
in Norfolk, Virginia. The Tallahassee was used as a submarine
tender from 1918-1919. At the close of World War I she was taken
out of commission in 1919, but then reassigned in 1920 to the
Naval Reserve Force, Sixth Naval District. The Tallahassee
earned the World War I Victory Metal for service from April
6, 1917- November 12, 1918. In 1922 she was sold at Charleston,
South Carolina.
Displacement: 3,225 tons
Length: 252 feet
Beam: 50 feet
Draft: 12 feet 6 inches
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