USS Atlanta

Five United States Navy ships have borne the name USS Atlanta, after the city of Atlanta, Georgia.

• The first Atlanta[?] was originally a blockade runner, then the CSS Atlanta, then captured in 1863 and taken into the Federal Navy.

• The second Atlanta[?] was a protected cruiser, one of the first steel ships of the "New Navy[?]", launched in 1884.

• The third Atlanta (CL-51)[?] was commissioned in 1941 and sunk in November 1942 in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal[?].

• The fourth Atlanta (CL-104)[?] was commissioned in 1944, served in World War II, then in the 1960s was used for target practice[?].

• The fifth Atlanta (SSN-712)[?] was a Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine commissioned 1982 and inactivated 1999.