![]() USS Columbia (CL-56) assumed a lead role again as she was moved into the flagship position of TG 39.2 on 15 October 1943 however, TG 39.2 remained idle at Espíritu Santo until USS Columbia (CL-56) got underway at 0700 on 20 October-steaming out with her task group for a training cruise. USS Columbia (CL-56) remained anchored at Purvis Bay throughout the rest of November 1943. USS Columbia (CL-56) and TG 66.6 steamed into Nouméa, New Caledonia on 2 December-the task group once again being dissolved upon arrival-USS Columbia (CL-56) moored to repair ship Prometheus (AR-3) at 1615. USS Columbia (CL-56) remained part of TG 67.2 for the balance of the month (17–31 December 1942) in the region west of Espíritu Santo Island.USS Columbia (CL-56) and the rest of TF 68 spent most of 15 March 1943 engaged in gunnery exercises-including firing against aerial targets. USS Columbia (CL-56) briefly shifted her operating base from Port Purvis to Tulagi Harbor on 8 July 1943-leaving Purvis Bay at 1545, and getting to Tulagi Harbor at 1603-anchored again by 1657 and refueling. ![]() USS Columbia (CL-56), dubbed “the Gem of the Ocean” by her crew, finished fitting out and performing general crew drills by 14 September 1942, and steamed out of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, arriving in Hampton Roads, Va., on 16 September. USS Columbia (CL-56) got underway from Hampton Roads at 1029 on 9 November 1942, temporarily anchoring at Lynnhaven Roads, Va. ![]() Owens-who passed away one week before the ship’s launch) as maid of honor and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, on 29 July 1942, Capt. launched on 17 December 1941 sponsored by Miss Jean Adams Paschal, daughter of Gary Paschal (acting mayor of the ship’s namesake city-Columbia, S.C.) Miss Francis Owens (daughter of the late mayor Lawrence B. ![]() USS Columbia (CL-56) was laid down on 19 August 1940 at Camden, N.J., by the New York Shipbuilding Corp. ![]()
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