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<p>At least three ships of the <a href="/facts/Confederate_States_Navy/y1DjJ5yw">Confederate States Navy</a> were named CSS <i>Florida</i> in honor of the <a href="/facts/Florida/cF245A3Q">third Confederate state</a>: </p> <ul><li>The blockade runner <a href="/facts/CSS_Florida_(blockade_runner)/lx4CvH6T">CSS <i>Florida</i> (blockade runner)</a> was commissioned in January 1862, captured by the U.S. Navy in April 1862, and became <a href="/facts/USS_Hendrick_Hudson/y28CrIKR">USS <i>Hendrick Hudson</i></a></li> <li>The cruiser <a href="/facts/CSS_Florida_(cruiser)/xx88J2yY">CSS <i>Florida</i> (cruiser)</a> was commissioned in August 1862 and captured by the U.S. Navy while in port in Bahia, Brazil in October 1864</li> <li>The gunboat <a href="/facts/CSS_Selma/fFJT1lB8">CSS <i>Selma</i></a> was named CSS <i>Florida</i> prior to July 1862.</li></ul>