USS Columbia (C-12)
Colorized picture of USS Columbia (C-12), c. 1890s
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Name | Columbia |
Namesake | City of Columbia, South Carolina |
Ordered | 30 June 1890 |
Awarded | 19 November 1890 |
Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
Cost | $2,725,000 (contract price of hull and machinery) |
Yard number | 269 |
Laid down | 30 December 1890 |
Launched | 26 July 1892 |
Sponsored by | Miss Edith Morton |
Completed | 19 May 1893 |
Acquired | 22 December 1893 |
Commissioned | 23 April 1894 |
Decommissioned | 21 August 1919 |
Renamed | Old Columbia, 17 November 1921 |
Reclassified | CA-16, 17 July 1920 |
Stricken | 26 January 1922 |
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Fate | Sold, 21 June 1922 |
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Class and type | Columbia-class protected cruiser |
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Beam | 58 ft 2 in (17.73 m) |
Draft | 22 ft 7 in (6.88 m) |
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Sail plan | Schooner |
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Complement | 45 officers 338 enlisted men |
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General characteristics (1920)[2][3] | |
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The fourth USS Columbia (C-12/CA-16) was a
Columbia was
Service history
Columbia joined the
On 28 April 1896 passenger steamer Wyanoke ( United States) struck the anchored ship at Newport News, Virginia and sank. Wyanoke had 107 passengers and 42 crew on board, of which two passengers and 1 crewman drowned, and one crewman died of injuries in the hospital.[7]
Recommissioned 15 March 1898 for service in the Spanish–American War, Columbia patrolled along the Atlantic coast and in the West Indies until 26 August. She convoyed troops to Puerto Rico and aided in its occupation between July and 14 August. Columbia was decommissioned and placed in reserve at Philadelphia Navy Yard 31 March 1899.[6]
Following recommissioning on 31 August 1902, Columbia served as
Columbia patrolled off the
Reclassified CA-16, 17 July 1920, she was renamed Old Columbia 17 November 1921, struck 21 June 1922[citation needed] and sold 26 January 1922.[6]
Awards
- Sampson Medal
- Navy Expeditionary Medal
- Spanish Campaign Medal
- Cuban Pacification Medal
- World War I Victory Medal with "Atlantic Fleet" clasp
References
- ^ a b "Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels, 1911-". US Naval Department. 1 January 1914. pp. 36–39. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ a b Toppan, Andrew (8 September 1996). "US Cruisers List: Protected Cruisers and Peace Cruisers". Hazegray.org. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ "Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels". US Naval Department. 1 July 1920. p. 58. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ISBN 0-87021-718-6.
- ^ "Uncle Sam's Darling". Philadelphia Times of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 27 July 1892. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Columbia IV (Cruiser No. 12)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ "Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1897". Washington: Government Printing Office. 1897. p. 31. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via Haithi Trust.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
External links
Media related to USS Columbia (C-12) at Wikimedia Commons
- Photo gallery of USS Columbia at NavSource Naval History
- Naval Historical Center: USS Columbia