CG-12 USS Columbus Patch Military Insignia Navy Cruiser

This CG-12 USS Columbus Patch Military Insignia Navy Cruiser measures 5 inches and is new.

Initially commissioned as a BALTIMORE - class heavy gun cruiser, the USS COLUMBUS was the third ship in the Navy to bear the name. After serving as a heavy cruiser for 14 years, the COLUMBUS was decommissioned and converted to a guided missiler, changing her designation from CA 74 to CG 12. Recommissioned on December 1, 1962, the COLUMBUS became the last ship in a series of three former heavy cruisers to receive the conversion. Her two sister ships were modernized in 1970, but the COLUMBUS was not. This resulted in her being decommissioned first of the three ships. Decommissioned on January 31, 1975, and stricken from the Navy list on August 9, 1976, the ship was sold for scrapping on October 3, 1977. General Characteristics: Awarded: September 9, 1940 Keel laid: June 28, 1943 Launched: November 30, 1944 Commissioned: June 8, 1945 Decommissioned: January 31, 1975 Builder: Bethlehem Steel, Quincy, Mass. Propulsion system: geared turbines; 120,000 shaft horsepower Length: 673.5 feet (205.3 meters) Beam: 70.9 feet (21.6 meters) Draft: 26.9 feet (8.2 meters) Displacement: approx. 17,500 tons full load Speed: 32.5 knots Aircraft: none Armament: two 5-inch/38 caliber guns, two Mk-12 Talos missile launchers, two Mk-11 Tartar missile launchers, one Mk-16 ASROC missile launcher, 6 torpedo tubes (from two triple mounts) Crew: 60 officers and 950, with staff embarked: 85 officers and 1120 enlisted