Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Columbus, the first two after the explorerChristopher Columbus, and the other two after Columbus, Ohio, the capital of the state.
The first Columbus was a 24-gun armed ship purchased for the Continental Navy in 1775, and active until she was captured and burned by the British in 1778.
The second Columbus was a 74-gun ship of the line commissioned in 1819, and in periodic service until 1861 when she was sunk to prevent capture by the Confederates.
The third Columbus (CA-74) was a heavy cruiser commissioned at the very end of World War II, converted to a guided missile cruiser CG-12 in 1959, and decommissioned in 1975.
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The third USSColumbus (CA-74), a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, was the second ship of the United States Navy named for Columbus, Ohio.
Columbus made two cruises as flagship of Commander-in-Chief, Naval Forces Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, from 13 September 1948 to 15 December 1949 and from 12 June 1950 to 5 October 1951, and one as flagship of Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, during parts of NATO Operation Mainbrace from 25 August to 29 September 1952.
During the late summer of 1958, her presence was a reminder of American strength and interest as she patrolled the Taiwan Straits during the crisis brought on by the renewed shelling of the offshore islands by the Chinese Communists.
The first Columbus was a 24-gun armed ship purchased for the Continental Navy[?] in 1775, and active until she was captured and burned by the British in 1778.
The second Columbus was a 74-gun ship of the line commissioned in 1819, and in periodic service until 1861 when she was sunk to prevent capture by the Confederates.
The third Columbus (CA-74)[?] was a heavy cruiser commissioned at the very end of World War II, converted to a guided missile cruiser[?] CG-12 in 1959, and decommissioned in 1975.
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