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.
See also
- USS Florida.
- James Dunwoody Bulloch Confederate agent and uncle of Theodore Roosevelt who covertly bought the Florida