| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Light cruiser |
| Class | Cleveland |
| Pennant | CL 56 |
| Built by | New York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 23 Mar 1940 |
| Laid down | 18 Aug 1940 |
| Launched | 17 Dec 1941 |
| Commissioned | 29 Jul 1942 |
| End service | 30 Nov 1946 |
| History | Decommissioned 30 November 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Columbia (CL 56)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Capt. William Augustin Heard, USN | 29 Jul 1942 | 6 Apr 1943 |
| 2 | T/Rear-Admiral Frank Edmund Beatty, Jr., USN | 6 Apr 1943 | 3 Jun 1944 |
| 3 | T/Capt. Maurice Edwin Curts, USN | 3 Jun 1944 | 31 Jul 1945 |
| 4 | T/Capt. Marcy Mathias Dupre, Jr., USN | 31 Jul 1945 | 7 Jan 1946 |
| 5 | T/Capt. Bruce Byron Adell, USN | 7 Jan 1946 | 1 Jul 1946 |
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