USS Wachusett seizes CSS Florida in Bahia harbor
October 7, 1864, Bahia, Brazil.
- Date
- October 7, 1864
- Where
- Bahia, Brazil
- What happened
- Captured
- Event
- 135 of 174
CSS Florida anchored at Bahia on October 4, 1864, after coaling at Barbados and Tenerife. On the night of October 7, USS Wachusett attacked her while her captain and half the crew were ashore and towed her to sea, over Brazil's protest. Florida had taken 37 prizes.