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USCGC Tampa (ex-Miami) was a Miami-class cutter that initially served in the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, followed by service in the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy. Tampa was used extensively on the International Ice Patrol and also during the Gasparilla Carnival at Tampa, Florida and other regattas as a patrol vessel.
"Tampa: A history of the city of Tampa and the Tampa Bay region of Florida". City, County, and Regional Histories E-Book Collection. St. Petersburg Print Co. Harrison, Charles E. (1915). Genealogical records of the pioneers of Tampa and of some who came after them. Hazen, Pauline Brown (1914). The Blue Book and History of Pioneers, Tampa ...
Originally Tampa Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, founded in 1917, the yard built ships under the United States Maritime Commission's pre-war long-range shipbuilding program. It was also called the Tampa Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company. It would use the facilities of the Tampa Foundry & Machine Co. Tampa Foundry that ceased to exist in 1916.
This United States Coast Guard Memorial to the crew and passengers of Tampa was dedicated at Arlington National Cemetery on 23 May 1928. Operating as part of the U.S. Navy on 26 September 1918, USCGC Tampa parted company with convoy HG-107, which she had just escorted into the Irish Sea from Gibraltar.
1831 – Tampa Bay post office established. [2] Fort Brooke ca. 1840. 1845 – Tampa Bay becomes part of the new U.S. state of Florida. [1] 1848 – 1848 Tampa Bay hurricane. 1849 – Village of Tampa incorporated. 1850 – Oaklawn Cemetery established. [3] 1855 – Town of Tampa incorporated. [4] 1856 – Joseph B. Lancaster becomes mayor.
The regiment was originally organized as the 1st Florida Infantry during the Spanish–American War in 1898. During the First World War at Camp Wheeler, Georgia from 1 October 1917 through 1 November 1917, the 1st Florida Infantry was combined with other units from Alabama and Georgia to create the 116th Field Artillery, part of the 31st ("Dixie") Division.
Ybor City (/ ˈ iː b ɔːr / EE-bor) [2] is a historic neighborhood just northeast of downtown Tampa, Florida, United States.It was founded in the 1880s by Vicente Martinez Ybor and other cigar manufacturers and populated by thousands of immigrants, mainly from Cuba, Spain, and Italy.
USCGC Tampa (Coast Guard Cutter No. 48) was a United States Coast Guard Cutter that served in the United States Coast Guard from 1921 to 1941, and then in the United States Navy from 1941 to 1947. Construction and design