CSS Florida (blockade runner)

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CSS Florida (pictured after she was captured by the United States and renamed USS Hendrick Hudson
History
Confederate States
Name	Florida
Launched	1859
Commissioned	January 15, 1862
Decommissioned	April 6, 1862
Fate	Captured by U.S. Navy, renamed USS Hendrick Hudson
General characteristics
Displacement	460 tons
Length	171 ft (52 m)
Beam	29 ft 11 in (9.12 m)
Propulsion	Steam engine and sails

The Confederate blockade runner CSS Florida, was built at Greenpoint, New York in 1859. Considered for service as a gunboat three times during the American Civil War, the vessel was captured by the Union Navy on April 6, 1862. The ship was taken into service by the Union and renamed USS Hendrick Hudson.