file created: 12/07/02 00:18:27 , last update: 07/25/02
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CL-56 Columbia
United States Navy light cruiser
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Cleveland 1940/08/19
New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J.
1941/12/17 1942/07/29 1959/02/18
scrap
Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42: Ms 12 / Ms 21, 43: Ms 22, 44-45: Ms 33/1d, 45: Ms 22
WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/11/09       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
42/11/14 42/11/28     sail from Panama to Tongatabu   112 
42/11/30 42/12/02     sail from Tongatabu to Noumea   112 
42/12/10       Esp. Santo   66 
42/12/25? 43/01/18   13 sail Panama Canal > Noumea   70 
43/01/27 43/01/30   18 xRennel  
43/02/01 43/06     from Efate patrols to Solomons   66 
43/02/04 43/02/13   18     66 
43/02/14 43/02/19     Efate   81 
43/02/19 43/02/25 Cleans 68/CruDiv12 land Russell Islands   81 
43/03/12 43/03/15     Efate   81 
43/03/15 43/03/30   19/CruDiv12 tactical exercises off Efate and Esp. Santo   88 
43/04/14 43/06/27   19/CruDiv12 Efate   88 
43/06/18     19/CruDiv12 exercises out of Efate   88 
43/06/29 43/07/1? Cartwh 36.2/CruDiv12     88 
43/07/11 43/07/12   36.9/CruDiv12 shell Munda   66  88 
43/07/2? 43/09/05     patrols in Solomons   66 
43/07/23 43/07/28     Esp. Santo   88 
43/07/28 43/07/30   36.2.2/UF     88 
43/07/30 43/08/05     Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/02 43/08/04   36.2 tactical exercises with TG 36.3 out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/05 43/08/30     Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/30 43/09/04   39/CruDiv12 exercises with TF 37 and TF 38 out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/0? 43/09/2?     Sydney - overhaul   66 
43/09/04 43/09/06     Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/24       back in Solomons   66 
43/10/02 43/10/02     Tulagi   88 
43/10/06 43/10/07     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/07 43/10/10   37/38/39 - probably 39 fleet (combined TF 37, TF 38, TF 39) exercises SW of Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/10 43/10/24     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/20 43/10/20   39.2/GF exercises out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/27 43/10/31     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/10/29 43/11/03   39/CruDiv12 xEmpAug   81 
43/11/03 43/11/04     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/08 43/11/09     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/09 43/11/14?   39.1/CruDiv12 escort TG 31.7 from Tulagi to Empress Augusta Bay and back   88 
43/11/15 43/11/21     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/23     39/CruDiv12 shell Buka-Bonis   66 
43/12/23     39/CruDiv12 shell Buka-Bonis   66 
44/01       New Hebrides - training   66 
44/02/13 44/02/18   39 land Green Islands   66 
44/03/15 44/04/08   39 land Emirau   66 
44/04/04 44/04/?     sail Tulagi > San Francisco for overhaul   66 
44/04/1? 44/08     San Francisco - overhaul   66 
44/08/24 44/09/06     Port Purvis, Tulagi   66 
44/08/29 44/08/30   32.12.2/CruDiv12 support TG 32.2 landing rehearsals on Cape Esperance   88 
44/09/01 44/09/03   35/CruDiv12 exercises off Guadalcanal   88 
44/09/06 44/09/28 Stale2 32.5     66 
44/09/28 44/10/06     Seeadler Harbor, Manus   66 
44/10/10 44/11 King2 78/CruDiv12    
44/10/24 44/10/25   LetfFor/CruDiv12 xSuriga  
44/12/12   Love3 77.12.1/CruDiv12 land Mindoro   70 
44/12/30   Mike1 77.2    
45/01/06   Mike1 77.2 damage(kami) Lingayen Gulf (16-20N, 120-10E) - 13 KIA, 44 WIA   66  85 
45/01/09   Mike1 77.2 damage(kami) Lingayen Gulf (16-08N, 120-10E) - 24 KIA, 97 WIA   66 
45/01/09 45/01/1? Mike1   escort unloaded transports to San Pedro Bay, Leyte   66 
45/01/1? 45/01/14     San Pedro Bay, Leyte - emergency repairs   66 
45/01/14 45/01/18   75.2.5 sail from San Pedro Bay, Leyte to Seeadler Harbor, Manus  
45/02? 45/06     California - repairs, overhaul   66 
45/06/16 45/06/19     Leyte   66 
45/06/19 45/07/03 Oboe6 78 land Balikpapan   66 
45/07/16? 45/08   95/CruDiv12     66 
46/11/30       decomm  

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