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• The first Columbus was a 24-gun armed ship purchased for the Continental Navy in 1775, and active until she was captured and burned by the British in 1778.

• The second Columbus was a 74-gun ship of the line commissioned in 1819, and in periodic service until 1861 when she was sunk to prevent capture by the Confederates.

• The third Columbus (CA-74) was a heavy cruiserA heavy cruiser is a type of large warship which originated during World War I, when Great Britain started to build new, more powerful class of cruiser, which entered service after the war. These first heavy cruisers were the British Hawkins class. The Wa commissioned at the very end of World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough, converted to a guided missile cruiser CG-12 in 1959Events January-February January 1 Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin. January 1 Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when forces of Fidel Castro advance January 2 CBS Radio cuts four soap operas: Bac, and decommissioned in 1975Events January January 1 Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up and are sentenced to 30 months to 8 years in jail on February 21 January 5 The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, i.

• The fourth Columbus (SSN-762)USS Columbus (SSN-762 a Los Angeles class submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Columbus, Ohio. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut o is a Los Angeles-classThe ''Los Angeles class attack submarines ( SSN) were the most numerous class of nuclear powered submarines built by any nation, and formed the bulk of the U. attack submarine force well into the 21st century. They were preceded by the Sturgeon class and attack submarine commissioned in 1993 and on active service as of 2004.