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Port side view, Undated |
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Port bow view, Undated |
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USS Columbia (Cruiser No. 12) At anchor, during the 1890s.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #55292 .
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USS Columbia (Cruiser No. 12) circa 1890’s.
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Publishing Company via Library of Congress
Prints and Photographs Division
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USS Columbia (Cruiser No. 12) Running trials in 1893, before she received
her guns.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #66297.
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Bows-on view while at anchor on 13 November 1894, location unknown.
Historic New England Nathaniel L. Stebbins Collection, Photo No. PC047.02.1890.04689 |
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Stern view while at anchor on 13 November 1894, location unknown. Note the gangway to the tug that is alongside to port.
Historic New England Nathaniel L. Stebbins Collection, Photo No. PC047.02.1890.04687 |
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USS Columbia (Cruiser No. 12) In icy water off Norfolk, Virginia, January
1895. Collection of Rear Admiral Ammen C. Farenholt, USN(MC), 1931.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #55289.
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Starboard quarter view, 1895. |
Fred Weiss |
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USS Columbia at League Island ca. 1895. |
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USS Columbia (Cruiser No. 12) Photograph taken in 1898 and printed on
a stereograph card. Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN(MSC),
1975.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #82657 .
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USS Columbia (Cruiser No. 12) Photographed during the Spanish-American
War, 1898. Courtesy of John S. Rowe.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #55286.
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USS Columbia (Cruiser No. 12) Saluting during the naval review,
off New York City, August 1898.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph
#55287. |
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USS Columbia (Cruiser No. 12) Laid up during the early 1900s. This photograph
is printed on a stereograph card. Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson,
USN(MSC), 1975.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #82658.
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USS Columbia (Cruiser No. 12) in Brooklyn Navy Yard, circa 1904.
Library of Congress, LC-D4-21836
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From right to left are the decommissioned ships Katahdin,
Columbia (Cruiser No. 12), and Minneapolis
(Cruiser No. 13) moored at League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa. circa
1907. |
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Postcard, circa 1910. |
Tommy Trampp |
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Burgess-Dunne AH-7 seaplane Flying just over the water off Pensacola,
Florida, in March 1916. USS Columbia (Cruiser No. 12) is anchored in the
right background.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 2243.
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Fred Weiss |
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Starboard bow view while anchored at Hampton Roads on 13 December 1916.
National Archives item #165-WW-335D-6 |
National Archives |
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USS Columbia (C 12) in dry dock, Philadelphia Navy Yard, December 1919. Note her triple screw configuration.
Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo # NH 55294 |
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USS Columbia (Cruiser No. 12, later CA 16) Off Balboa, Panama,
with other ships of the fleet, after World War I. Note the 13-star "boat"
flag on the launch in the foreground, and 48-star flag flown by the
ship.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #75370.
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USS Columbia (Cruiser No. 12) In Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 1920.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #55293.
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USS Columbia (Cruiser No. 12, later CA 16) Off San Diego, California,
circa 1919-1921. Donation of the International Aerospace Hall of Fame,
San Diego, 1978.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #88497 .
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U.S. Navy warships awaiting scrapping, 1922 - Probably photographed
at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
USS Maine (BB
10) is at right, down at the head with her side armor removed.
USS Wisconsin
(BB 9) is in the center. USS Old Columbia, ex-Columbia
(CA 16) is toward the left, with a merchant ship alongside. Courtesy
of Paul H. Silverstone, 1986.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 100762 .
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I had to take a training class at Naval Surface
Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock, Bethesda, MD. The office of the Curator
of Navy Ship Models is located at NSWC Carderock, and they had a beautiful
model of Columbia (Cruiser No. 12) on display in a huge display case in Building
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Commanding
Officers
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| Name/Rank |
Class |
Final Rank |
Dates |
| Sumner, G. W., CAPT |
1862 |
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04/23/1894 - 09/10/1895 |
| Sands, James Hoban, CAPT |
1864 |
RADM |
09/10/1895 - |
| Jewell, Theodore Frelinghuysen, CAPT |
1865 |
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04/10/1897 - 05/13/1897 |
| Decommissioned |
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05/13/1897 - 03/15/1898 |
| Moore, John Henry, LCDR |
1869 |
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03/15/1898 - 03/31/1899 |
| Decommissioned |
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03/31/1899 - 08/31/1902 |
| Snow, Albert Sidney, CAPT |
1865 |
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08/31/1902 - |
| Miller, James Madison, CAPT |
1867 |
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11/09/1903 - |
Bleecker, John Van Benthuysen, CAPT |
1867 |
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05/22/1906 - 05/23/1907 |
| Decommissioned |
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|
05/03/1907 - 06/22/1915 |
| Stirling Jr., Yates, CDR |
1892 |
RADM |
06/22/1915 - |
| McLean, Ridley, CAPT |
1894 |
RADM |
12/02/1916 - 08/16/1917 |
| Upham, Frank Brooks, CDR |
1893 |
RADM |
08/16/1917 - |
| Hellweg, Julius Frederick., CDR |
1900 |
RADM |
06/06/1919 - 07/12/1921 |
| Wells, William Benefiel, CAPT |
1898 |
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07/10/1920 - 05/29/1921 |
| Taussig, Joseph Knefler, CAPT |
1899 |
VADM |
05/29/1921 - 06/29/1921 |
