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Story
This destroyer, town-class was built in 1918 by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. Ltd..
Historical Notes
Wikipedia: "This vessel escorted convoys and performed anti-submarine patrol until February 25, 1944, when this vessel struck a cliff in foul weather off the coast of Newfoundland. Columbia was not fully repaired after the accident but made watertight and used as a fuel and ammunition hulk in Nova Scotia until her return to the War Assets Administration for disposal in August 1945 when this vessel was sold for scrapping."
Owners & Masters
She was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I.
She was commissioned June 07, 1919.
She was transferred to the UK, September 24, 1940.
She was later transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Columbia, as a Town-class destroyer.
Armament
4 x 4 in (102 mm) guns; 4 x 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
References
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- Freeman, David J. (2000)
- en.wikipedia.org ↗
