U.S.S. Columbia
CL-56
1945
(Neptun 1340a)
- Class: Cleveland - 27 light cruisers of 1939-42
- Displacement: 10,000 tons
- Dimensions: 600(wl) 610.25(oa) x 66.5 x 20 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 100,000 = 33 knots
- Armament: 12-6"/47 (4x3), 12-5"/38 (6x2), 28-40mm (4x4+6x2) A.A. guns
- Complement: 1,200
- Builder: New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, New Jersey
- Keel Laid: 19 Aug 1940
- Launched: 17 Dec 1941
- Commissioned: 29 Jul 1942
- Decommissioned: 30 Nov 1946
- Actions: New Georgia, Kula Gulf, Bougainville, Palau. Leyte, Lingayen (severely damaged by Kamikaze 5 and 9 Jan 1945), Borneo
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