# USS Columbia

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**USS *Columbia*** may refer to:

- USS *Columbia* (1813), a [*Java*-class frigate](/source/Java-class_frigate_(1813)) under construction, was burned in 1814 to prevent her capture by the British

- [USS *Columbia* (1836)](/source/USS_Columbia_(1836)) was a 50-gun [sailing frigate](/source/Sailing_frigate) launched in 1836 and in occasional service until 1861, when she was burned to avoid capture by the Confederates

- [USS *Columbia* (1862)](/source/USS_Columbia_(1862)) was a captured Confederate screw steamer that ran aground in 1863

- [USS *Columbia* (1864)](/source/CSS_Columbia) was an [ironclad](/source/Ironclad), also captured from the Confederates in 1865 and in use until June of that year.

- [USS *Columbia* (C-12)](/source/USS_Columbia_(C-12)), later CA-16, was a [protected cruiser](/source/Protected_cruiser) in service from 1894 to 1921. At the end of its career it was renamed USS *Old Columbia*.

- [USS *Columbia* (AG-9)](/source/SS_Great_Northern) was originally the *Great Northern*, a [troop transport](/source/Troopship), renamed in 1921 and used until 1922

- [USS *Columbia* (CL-56)](/source/USS_Columbia_(CL-56)) was a [light cruiser](/source/Light_cruiser) launched 17 December 1941 and active throughout the rest of World War II

- [USS *Columbia* (AOT-182)](/source/List_of_United_States_Navy_oilers#Other_transport_oilers), a transport oiler, was returned to her owner on 1 May 1984

- [USS *Columbia* (SSN-771)](/source/USS_Columbia_(SSN-771)) is a [*Los Angeles*-class](/source/Los_Angeles-class_submarine) [submarine](/source/Submarine) commissioned in 1995 and currently in active service

## See also

- [USS *District of Columbia* (SSBN-826)](/source/USS_District_of_Columbia), future lead ship of the [*Columbia*-class](/source/Columbia-class_submarine) [submarines](/source/Submarine), originally named *Columbia*, but changed so as not to conflict with [USS *Columbia* (SSN-771)](/source/USS_Columbia_(SSN-771))

- [List of ships named SS *Columbia*](/source/List_of_ships_named_SS_Columbia)

- *[Columbia Rediviva](/source/Columbia_Rediviva)* (1773) - privately owned American full-rigged ship

- The [Command Module *Columbia*](/source/Command_Module_Columbia) of [Apollo 11](/source/Apollo_11)

- Space Shuttle [*Columbia*](/source/Space_Shuttle_Columbia)

- [HMCS *Columbia*](/source/HMCS_Columbia) - several Canadian Navy ships

- [HMS *Columbia* (1812)](/source/HMS_Columbia_(1812)) -a United States privateer brig formally named *Curlew* captured by the Royal Navy

List of ships with the same or similar names

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