USS Columbia (C-12)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Columbia.
USS Columbia
Colorized picture of USS Columbia (C-12), c. 1890s
History
United States
NameColumbia
NamesakeCity of Columbia, South Carolina
Ordered30 June 1890
Awarded19 November 1890
BuilderWilliam Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Cost$2,725,000 (contract price of hull and machinery)
Yard number269
Laid down30 December 1890
Launched26 July 1892
Sponsored byMiss Edith Morton
Completed19 May 1893
Acquired22 December 1893
Commissioned23 April 1894
Decommissioned21 August 1919
RenamedOld Columbia, 17 November 1921
ReclassifiedCA-16, 17 July 1920
Stricken26 January 1922
Identification
FateSold, 21 June 1922
General characteristics (as built)[1][2]
Class and typeColumbia-class protected cruiser
Displacement
  • 7,350 long tons (7,468 t) (standard)
  • 8,270 long tons (8,403 t) (full load)
Length
  • 413 ft 1 in (125.91 m) oa
  • 411 ft 7 in (125.45 m)pp
Beam58 ft 2 in (17.73 m)
Draft22 ft 7 in (6.88 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
Sail planSchooner
Speed
  • 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
  • 22.80 knots (42.23 km/h; 26.24 mph) (Speed on Trial)
Complement45 officers 338 enlisted men
Armament
Armor
  • Deck: 4 in (100 mm) (slope)
  • 2+1⁄2 in (64 mm) (flat)
  • Conning Tower: 5 in (130 mm)
  • Shields: 4 in (100 mm)
General characteristics (1914)[1]
Armament
  • 3 × 6 in (150 mm)/45 caliber Mark 10 gun
  • 8 × 4 in (102 mm)/40 guns
  • 2 × 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) saluting guns
General characteristics (1920)[2][3]
Armament

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.[4]

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;[5] and commissioned 23 April 1894, Captain George Watson Sumner in command.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels, 1911-". US Naval Department. 1 January 1914. pp. 36–39. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  2. ^ a b Toppan, Andrew (8 September 1996). "US Cruisers List: Protected Cruisers and Peace Cruisers". Hazegray.org. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels". US Naval Department. 1 July 1920. p. 58. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  4. ^ Friedman, Norman (1984). U.S. Cruisers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 39–40. ISBN 0-87021-718-6.
  5. ^ "Uncle Sam's Darling". Philadelphia Times of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 27 July 1892. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  6. ^ "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.