Atlanta (disambiguation)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search

Atlanta is a major city in the United States, the capital of the state of Georgia.

Atlanta may also refer to:

Contents

[edit] Places

[edit] In the world

[edit] In the United States

[edit] Ships

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

  • The first USS Atlanta (1861) was originally a blockade runner, then the CSS Atlanta, then captured in 1863 and taken into the Federal Navy.
  • The second USS Atlanta (1884) was a protected cruiser, one of the first steel ships of the "New Navy", launched in 1884.
  • The third USS Atlanta (CL-51) was commissioned in 1941 and sunk in November 1942 in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
  • The fourth USS Atlanta (CL-104) was commissioned in 1944, served in World War II, then in the 1960s was used for target practice.
  • The fifth USS Atlanta (SSN-712) was a Los Angeles-class submarine nuclear attack submarine commissioned 1982 and inactivated 1999.

[edit] Other uses

[edit] See also

Personal tools
Namespaces
Variants
Actions
Navigation
Interaction
Toolbox
Print/export
Languages