The U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser USS Columbus (CG-12) underway off San Diego, California (USA), 19 February 1965. U.S. Navy photo NH 82722-KN
The 13,600-ton guided missile cruiser USS Columbus (CG-12) underway off San Diego, California (USA), 19 February 1965. The U.S. Ordered a year before Pearl Harbor, Columbus was built as a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser and converted to a missile slinger in 1959. THIS is what the Navy had in mind when someone said “cruiser” until 1975. Navy photo NH 82722-KN.
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