{{Italic title prefixed|3}} '''USS ''Columbia''''' may refer to:

* {{ship|USS|Columbia|1813}}, a [[Java-class frigate (1813)|''Java''-class frigate]] under construction, was burned in 1814 to prevent her capture by the British * {{USS|Columbia|1836}} was a 50-gun [[sailing frigate]] launched in 1836 and in occasional service until 1861, when she was burned to avoid capture by the Confederates * {{USS|Columbia|1862}} was a captured Confederate screw steamer that ran aground in 1863 * {{USS|Columbia|1864}} was an [[ironclad]], also captured from the Confederates in 1865 and in use until June of that year. * {{USS|Columbia|C-12}}, later CA-16, was a [[protected cruiser]] in service from 1894 to 1921. At the end of its career it was renamed USS ''Old Columbia''. * {{USS|Columbia|AG-9}} was originally the ''Great Northern'', a [[Troopship|troop transport]], renamed in 1921 and used until 1922 * {{USS|Columbia|CL-56}} was a [[light cruiser]] launched 17 December 1941 and active throughout the rest of World War II * [[List of United States Navy oilers#Other transport oilers|USS ''Columbia'' (AOT-182)]], a transport oiler, was returned to her owner on 1 May 1984 * {{USS|Columbia|SSN-771}} is a {{sclass|Los Angeles|submarine}} commissioned in 1995 and currently in active service

==See also== * {{USS|District of Columbia|SSBN-826}}, future lead ship of the {{sclass|Columbia|submarine}}s, originally named ''Columbia'', but changed so as not to conflict with {{USS|Columbia|SSN-771}} * [[List of ships named SS Columbia|List of ships named SS ''Columbia'']] * ''[[Columbia Rediviva]]'' (1773) - privately owned American full-rigged ship * The [[Command Module Columbia|Command Module ''Columbia'']] of [[Apollo 11]] * Space Shuttle [[Space Shuttle Columbia|''Columbia'']] * {{HMCS|Columbia}} - several Canadian Navy ships * {{ship|HMS|Columbia|1812}} -a United States privateer brig formally named ''Curlew'' captured by the Royal Navy

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