Atlanta (disambiguation)

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Contents

1 Original use
2 Places
3 Ships
4 Others

Original use

Atalanta, heroine of Greek mythology

Note that Martha Atalanta Lumpkin Compton, named after Atalanta, is the direct derivation of the places below.

Places

The original, largest and best-known is Atlanta, Georgia; others places named after it include:

Atlanta, Illinois, city
Atlanta, Indiana, town
Atlanta, Kansas, city
Atlanta, Louisiana, village
Atlanta, Michigan, unincorporated community
Atlanta, Missouri, city
Atlanta, Nebraska, village
Atlanta, Texas, city
Atlanta, Wisconsin, town
Atlanta Township, Illinois
Atlanta Township, Kansas
Atlanta Township, Minnesota

And in Canada:

Atlanta, Nova Scotia

In Nicaragua:

Atlanta, Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur

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 nuclear attack submarine commissioned 1982 and inactivated 1999.

Others

For the Lockheed Atalanta - see Lockheed P-38
Air Atlanta Icelandic, an international airline and a part of Avion Group
Club Atlético Atlanta, (Argentina).
Atlanta Motor Speedway, a superspeedway outside Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta (band), a country group from the 1980s.
Battle of Atlanta - American Civil War battle
Atlanta, based on the Greek mythological character Atalanta and the goddess Artemis, is a fictional character on the Canadian animated series Class of the Titans.
Atalanta, opera by G. F. Handel based on the Greek myth of Atalanta

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