Four ships of the
United States Navy
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have been named USS ''Columbus'', the first two after the
explorer
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Christopher Columbus
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, and the other two after
Columbus, Ohio
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, the capital of the state.
* , a 24-gun armed ship purchased for the Continental Navy in 1775, and active until she was captured and burned in 1778
* , a 74-gun ship of the line commissioned in 1819, and in periodic service until 1861 when she was sunk to prevent capture
* , a heavy cruiser commissioned at the very end of World War II, converted to a guided missile cruiser ''CG-12'' in 1959, and decommissioned in 1975
* , a attack submarine commissioned in 1993 and in active service
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United States Navy ship names