U.S.S. Columbia (1892)

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U.S.S. Columbia (1892)
Hull Number: Cruiser No. 12[1]
Builder: Cramp[2]
Ordered: Act of 30 June, 1890[3]
Laid down: 30 Dec, 1890[4]
Launched: 26 Jul, 1892[5]
Commissioned: 23 Apr, 1894[6]
Decommissioned: 29 Jun, 1921[7]
Sold: 26 Jan, 1922[8]
Fate: Broken up

U.S.S. Columbia was one of two Columbia Class protected cruisers completed for the U.S. Navy.

She was launched 26 July 1892 by William Cramp & Sons; sponsored by Miss H. Morton.

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Footnotes

  1. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  2. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 154.
  4. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  5. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  6. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  7. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  8. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  9. Register of Officers, 1896. p. 6.
  10. Register of Officers, 1903. p. 8.
  11. Register of Officers, 1903. p. 8.
  12. Register of Officers, 1904. p. 8.
  13. Register of Officers, 1904. p. 8.
  14. Register of Officers, 1905. p. 8.
  15. Register of Officers, 1907. p. 12.
  16. Register of Officers, 1906. p. 12.
  17. Register of Officers, 1907. p. 12.
  18. Register of Officers, 1917. p. 14.
  19. Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 16-17.

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Columbia Class Protected Cruiser
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