Florence (dragger)
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|+Florence {{Infobox ship image |Ship image=File:Florence Mystic Seaport.jpg |Ship caption=Florence }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United States |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|USA}} |Ship name= |Ship owner= |Ship operator= |Ship registry= |Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Franklin G. Post |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= |Ship completed=1926 |Ship christened= |Ship acquired= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship identification= |Ship fate= |Ship status=Operational museum ship |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship tonnage= |Ship displacement= |Ship length= |Ship beam= |Ship height= |Ship draught= |Ship draft= |Ship depth= |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship ice class= |Ship sail plan= |Ship power=Gray Marine 6-71 |Ship propulsion= |Ship speed= |Ship capacity= |Ship crew= |Ship notes= }} |
Florence is a western rig dragger located at Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut, United States. Florence was built in 1926 by Franklin G. Post along the Mystic River and was used as a dragger in Long Island Sound. In 1982 Florence was acquired by Mystic Seaport and completely restored to her original configuration. Florence is the only working dragger in a museum collection. Florence is now used to carry students to collect marine biology specimens from Fishers Island Sound.{{cite web
|url=http://www.mysticseaport.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewpage&page_id=B3F33967-D54B-E90C-34ED6316B318FFAB
|title=Florence - Dragger
|publisher=Mystic Seaport
|accessdate=2008-11-15
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714005934/http://www.mysticseaport.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewpage&page_id=B3F33967-D54B-E90C-34ED6316B318FFAB
|archive-date=2009-07-14
|url-status=dead
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Category:Fishing ships of the United States
Category:Museum ships in Mystic, Connecticut
Category:Ships built in Mystic, Connecticut
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