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Five
United States Navy
ships have borne the name
Atlanta
, after the city of
Atlanta, Georgia
:
USS
Atlanta
(1861)
, was a
Confederate
ironclad converted from a
blockade runner
, named CSS
Atlanta
, captured in 1863
USS
Atlanta
(1884)
, was a protected cruiser, launched in 1884 and decommissioned in 1912
USS
Atlanta
(CL-51)
, a light cruiser, was commissioned in 1941 and sunk in November 1942 at the
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
USS
Atlanta
(CL-104 / IX-304)
, a light cruiser, was commissioned in 1944, served in
World War II
and in the 1960s was used as an explosives test ship
USS
Atlanta
(SSN-712)
, was a
Los Angeles
-class nuclear
attack submarine
commissioned 1982 and inactivated in 1999
Sources
This article incorporates text from the
public domain
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
. The entry can be found
here
.
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