USS Columbia 

• A 44-gun frigate Columbia was under construction at the Washington Navy Yard[?], but was burned in 1814 to prevent capture by the British.

• The first Columbia was a 50-gun sailing frigate[?] launched in 1836 and in occasional service until 1861, when she was burned to avoid capture by the Confederates.

• The second Columbia[?] was a captured Confederate screw steamer[?] that ran aground in 1863.

• The third Columbia[?] was an ironclad[?], also captured from the Confederates in 1865 and in use until June of that year(?).

• The fourth Columbia (C-12)[?], later CA-16, was a cruiser in service from 1894 to 1921.

• The fifth Columbia (AG-9)[?] was originally the Great Northern, a troop transport[?], renamed in 1921 and used until 1922.

• The sixth Columbia (CL-56)[?] was a light cruiser launched 17 December 1941 and active throughout World War II.

• The seventh Columbia (SSN-771)[?] is a Los Angeles-class attack submarine commissioned in 1995 and on active service as of 2003.

In 1792, Captain Robert Gray[?], in a privately-owned vessel named Columbia sent to the Pacific Northwest to trade for fur, discovered the Columbia River and named it after the ship.

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