Allied Warships

USS Columbia (CL 56)

Light cruiser of the Cleveland class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeLight cruiser
ClassCleveland 
PennantCL 56 
Built byNew York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down18 Aug 1940 
Launched17 Dec 1941 
Commissioned29 Jul 1942 
End service30 Nov 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 30 November 1946.
Stricken 1 March 1959.
Sold 16 February 1959 to be broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Columbia (CL 56)

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CommanderFromTo
Byron Bruce Adell, USN1 Jul 1946
Marcy Mathias Dupre, Jr., USN
1Capt. William Augustine Heard, USN29 Jul 19421 Apr 1943
2Capt. Frank Edmund Beatty, Jr., USN1 Apr 194325 Jun 1944
3Capt. Maurice Edwin Curts, USN25 Jun 19446 Jan 1945

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