USS Columbia (C-12)
Colorized picture of USS Columbia (C-12), c. 1890s | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| 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 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Columbia-class protected cruiser |
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| Length | |
| 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 (1914) | |
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The fourth USS Columbia (C-12/CA-16) was a protected cruiser in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War and World War I. She was the lead ship of her class of two cruisers; her sister ship was Minneapolis (C-13). The class was originally designed with three funnels; however, Columbia was built with four and Minneapolis with two. This may have been to make them resemble specific passenger liners.
Columbia was launched 26 July 1892 by William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Company, Philadelphia; sponsored and christened by Miss Edith H. Morton, daughter of Vice President Levi P. Morton; and commissioned 23 April 1894, Captain George Watson Sumner in command.