Relationship to Titanic disaster / inquiries.
April 18, 1912
As Carpathia steamed through the Narrows, passed the Battery, and up the North River, J. R. Simpson, wireless operator aboard the U.S.S. Florida, overheard the transmission to Carpathia (MPA) from the Marconi station at Seagate, New York (MSE), offering money to the Carpathia 's wireless operator for his story of the rescue. Simpson immediately notified his superiors at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where Florida was docked. Senator William Alden Smith later made a major issue of this intercepted message during the U.S. inquiry into Titanic' s loss.
Data:
1908
Authorized and contracts awarded.
March 9, 1909
Laid down.
May 12, 1910
Launched.
September 15, 1911
Commissioned.
1917-1918
Served with the British Grand Fleet.
November 22, 1923
Decommissioned.
1925-1927
Underwent modernization at the Boston Navy Yard. (Later used in seaplane launches.)
February 16, 1931
Sold and broken up for scrap.
April 6, 1931
Stricken from Navy record.
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