USS Columbia (C-12) (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The fourth USS Columbia (C-12/CA-16) was an unarmored protected cruiser in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War and World War I. She was the lead ship of her class of two cruisers; her sister ship was Minneapolis(C-13). The class was originally designed with three funnels; variations at the yard resulted in Columbia being built with four and Minneapolis with two.