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Unit/Organization Information
  • USS Florida (SSGN-728)
Location
Coin Location: 11L3
Homebase: King's Bay, Georgia
Additional Information
Date Acquired: 29 January 2015
Donated by: STSSA Paddock
Copies: 1 of 1

C004810

Location: 11L3

Coin: Unit

Active » U.S. Navy » Vessels - Submarines

Narrative

Round shaped coin, brass in color, 1 1/2 inches in diameter.

Journal - Page 112 - Line 18

USS Florida (SSGN-728), an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, is the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 27th state. She was commissioned with the hull designation of SSBN-728; with her conversion to a cruise missile submarine, she was re-designated SSGN-728.