Editing Florida-class battleship (section)

=== USS ''Florida'' ===
[[File:USS Florida (BB-30) - NH 61261.jpg|thumb|left|''Florida'' "dressed ship" during the Naval Review in New York, 1911|alt=A large gray battleship sits in harbor]]

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''Florida'' took part in the [[United States occupation of Veracruz|Second battle of Vera Cruz]] in 1914. She and her sister ''Utah'' were the first two ships on the scene; the two ships landed some 1,000 sailors and Marines under the command of ''Florida''{{'}}s captain on 21 April. Fighting lasted for 3 days; the contingent from ''Florida'' and ''Utah'' suffered a total of 94 casualties.{{sfn|Friedman|1986|p=114}}{{sfn|Havern}}

After the United States entered World War I in April 1917, ''Florida'' was dispatched to Europe; she departed the United States in December 1917. After arriving in the North Sea, she was assigned to the British [[Grand Fleet]].{{sfn|Havern}} The ship, part of the US Navy's [[United States Battleship Division Nine (World War I)|Battleship Division Nine]], under the command of Rear Admiral [[Hugh Rodman]], arrived on 7 December and was assigned to the 6th Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet. Following training exercises with the British fleet, 6th Battle Squadron was tasked with convoy protection duty on the route to Scandinavia.{{sfn|Halpern|pp=404–405}} Following the end of the war, in December 1918, the ship escorted President [[Woodrow Wilson]] on his trip to Europe to participate in the peace negotiations at Versailles. Later in December, ''Florida'' returned to the United States to participate in the Victory Fleet Review in New York harbor.{{sfn|Havern}}

Post-war, ''Florida'' returned to the US Navy's [[United States Fleet Forces Command#Expansion and contraction|Atlantic Fleet]]; she operated along the east coast of the United States and into Central America. In July 1920, she was assigned the [[Hull number#United States military|hull number]] "BB-30". In December 1920, she carried the [[US Secretary of State]], [[Bainbridge Colby]], on a diplomatic trip around the Caribbean and South America. ''Florida'' was the oldest American battleship that was retained under the terms of the [[Washington Naval Treaty]] of 1922. She underwent extensive reconstruction and modernization during the mid-1920s. After emerging from the shipyard, she was assigned as the [[flagship]] of the Control Force, US Fleet. The ship conducted a series of training cruises for the remainder of the decade. Under the [[London Naval Treaty]] of 1930, the ship was to be discarded. She was decommissioned in February 1931 and towed to the [[Philadelphia Naval Shipyard]], where she was broken up for scrap.{{sfn|Havern}}