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USS Columbus (CA-74)
United States Navy heavy cruiser / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Columbus.
The third USS Columbus (CA-74/CG-12), a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, was the first ship of the United States Navy named for Columbus, Ohio. She was launched on 30 November 1944 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Massachusetts; she was sponsored by Mrs. E. G. Meyers; and commissioned on 8 June 1945.
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Name | Columbus |
Namesake | City of Columbus, Ohio |
Ordered | 9 September 1940 |
Laid down | 28 June 1943 |
Launched | 30 November 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. E. G. Meyers |
Commissioned | 8 June 1945 |
Decommissioned | 31 January 1975 |
Reclassified | CG-12, 30 September 1959 |
Stricken | 9 August 1976 |
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Motto | Ad Frontes Mundi |
Nickname(s) | The Tall Lady |
Honors and awards | See Awards |
Fate | Scrapped, 3 October 1977 |
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Class and type | Baltimore-class cruiser |
Displacement | 13,600 tons |
Length | 674 ft 11 in (205.71 m) |
Beam | 70 ft 10 in (21.59 m) |
Draft | 26 ft 5 in (8.05 m) |
Speed | 32.6 kn (60.4 km/h; 37.5 mph) |
Complement | 1,906 officers and enlisted |
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