| 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 Augustine Heard, USN | 29 Jul 1942 | 1 Apr 1943 |
| 2 | Capt. Frank Edmund Beatty, Jr., USN | 1 Apr 1943 | 25 Jun 1944 |
| 3 | Maurice Edwin Curts, USN | 25 Jun 1944 | 31 Jul 1945 |
| 4 | Marcy Mathias Dupre, Jr., USN | 31 Jul 1945 | Jan 1946 |
| 5 | Byron Bruce Adell, USN | Jan 1946 | 1 Jul 1946 |
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