The CSS Florida was a Confederate commerce raider that had been captured by the U.S. Navy in Brazil. The vessel was being towed back to the United States, but was lost en route, ...

The CSS Florida had a long and successful career raiding Union merchant vessels in the Atlantic Ocean.The Florida cost $225,000 and could sail at 12 knots under favorable wind and 9 ...

When Union sailors steamed into Hampton Roads with the captured CSS Florida in mid-November 1864, many of their countrymen on the East Coast embraced news of the unexpected trophy as if they had ...

1864 - USS Washusett captures Confederate raider CSS Florida in harbor of Bahia, Brazil. 1924 - Rigid airship Shenandoah commences transcontinental flight.

Today in U.S. 1864 - USS Washusett captures Confederate raider CSS Florida in harbor of Bahia, Brazil. 1924 - Rigid airship… Saturday, June 14, 2025.