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USS COLUMBIA (C-12/CA-16)

CLASS - COLUMBIA
Displacement 7,375 Tons, Dimensions, 413' 1" (oa) x 58' 2" x 25' 7" (Max)
Armament 1 x 8"/40, 2 x 6"/40, 8 x 4"/40 12 x 6pdr, 4 x 1pdr, 4 x 14" tt..
Armor, 4" Sheilds, 4" Deck, 5" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 21,000 IHP; 3 Vertical, Inverted, Triple Expansion Engines, 3 screws
Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 477.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid on 30 DEC 1890 by William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co., Philadelphia, PA
Launched 26 JUL 1892
Commissioned 23 APR 1894
Decommissioned 13 MAY 1897
Commissioned 15 MAR 1898
Decommissioned 31 MAR 1899
Commissioned 31 AUG 1902
Decommissioned 3 MAY 1907
Commissioned 22 JUN 1915
Reclassified CA-17 17 JUL 1920
Decommissioned 29 JUN 1921
Renamed Old Columbia 17 NOV 1921
Stricken 26 JAN 1922 Fate: Sold 21 JUN 1922
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Columbia 25k Port side view, Undated USN
Columbia 25k Port bow view, Undated USN
Columbia 93k

USS Columbia (C-12) At anchor, during the 1890s.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #55292 .

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Columbia 96k

USS Columbia (C-12) Running trials in 1893, before she received her guns.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #66297.
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Columbia 108k

USS Columbia (C-12) In icy water off Norfolk, Virginia, January 1895. Collection of Rear Admiral Ammen C. Farenholt, USN(MC), 1931.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #55289.

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Columbia 68k Starboard quarter view, 1895. Fred Weiss
Columbia 68k USS Columbia at League Island ca. 1895. Colin P. Varga - PAHRC
Columbia 118k

USS Columbia (C-12) Photograph taken in 1898 and printed on a stereograph card. Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN(MSC), 1975.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #82657 .

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Columbia 98k

USS Columbia (C-12) Photographed during the Spanish-American War, 1898. Courtesy of John S. Rowe.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #55286.

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Columbia 60k USS Columbia (C-12) Saluting during the naval review, off New York City, August 1898. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #55287. USNHC
Columbia 85k

USS Columbia (C-12) Laid up during the early 1900s. This photograph is printed on a stereograph card. Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN(MSC), 1975.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #82658.

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Columbia 116k

Burgess-Dunne AH-7 seaplane Flying just over the water off Pensacola, Florida, in March 1916. USS Columbia (C-12) is anchored in the right background.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 2243.

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Columbia 127k

USS Columbia (C-12, later CA-16) Off Balboa, Panama, with other ships of the fleet, after World War I. Note the 13-star "boat" flag on the launch in the foreground, and 48-star flag flown by the ship.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #75370.

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Columbia 91k

USS Columbia (C-12) In Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 1920.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #55293.

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Columbia 71k

USS Columbia (C-12, later CA-16) Off San Diego, California, circa 1919-1921. Donation of the International Aerospace Hall of Fame, San Diego, 1978.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #88497 .

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Columbia 68k

U.S. Navy warships awaiting scrapping, 1922 - Probably photographed at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
USS Maine (BB-10) is at right, down at the head with her side armor removed. USS Wisconsin (BB-9) is in the center. USS Old Columbia, ex-Columbia, (CA-16) is toward the left, with a merchant ship alongside. Courtesy of Paul H. Silverstone, 1986.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 100762 .

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USS COLUMBIA (C-12/CA-16) History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Not Applicable To This Ship
Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Cruiser Pages By Andrew Toppan.
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