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'''USS ''Columbia'' (SSN-771)'''
''Columbia'' is the eighth U.S. warship to bear the name, though the first to be named for three cities: [[Columbia, Illinois]], [[Columbia, Missouri]] and [[Columbia, South Carolina]].
The contract to build ''Columbia'' was awarded to the [[Electric Boat]] Division of [[General Dynamics]] Corporation in [[Groton, Connecticut]], on 14 December 1988 and her keel was laid down on 21 April 1993.<ref name="ns1" /> She was the 33rd Los Angeles-class boat built by EB, and was [[ship naming and launching|launched]] on 24 September 1994 with the slide down a 1,300-foot wooden ramp, the last American submarine to do so, giving her the title of "The Last Slider".<ref name="ns1" /> ''Columbia'' was sponsored by [[Hillary Clinton]], and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 9 October 1995.<ref name="ns1" />▼
▲The contract to build ''Columbia'' was awarded to the [[Electric Boat]] Division of [[General Dynamics]] Corporation in [[Groton, Connecticut]], on 14 December 1988 and her keel was laid down on 21 April 1993.
In late 2017, Columbia made a six-month patrol in the western Pacific, making port visits at Yokosuka and Sasebo, Japan; and Guam; and returning to its homeport of [[Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam|Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam]] on 4 May 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia Visits Yokosuka During Routine Patrol |url=https://www.csp.navy.mil/Media/News-Admin/Article/1514372/columbia-visits-yokosuka-during-routine-patrol/ |access-date=2022-06-05 |website=Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet |language=en-US}}</ref>▼
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From March to May 1999, ''Columbia'' operated off the California coast, participating in exercises and making port visits.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=USS COLUMBIA (SSN 771) Command History - 1999 |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/archives/command-operation-reports/ship-command-operation-reports/c/columbia-ssn-771-viii/pdf/1999.pdf |access-date=June 5, 2022 |website=history.navy.mil}} The Navy's history branch has made just two of Columbia's [https://beta.history.navy.mil/research/archives/Collections/command-operations-reports/ships/c/columbia-ssn-771-viii.html annual command histories] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606144212/https://beta.history.navy.mil/research/archives/Collections/command-operations-reports/ships/c/columbia-ssn-771-viii.html |date=6 June 2022 }} public: 1995 and 1999. The histories from 1996, 2002, and 2005 are listed as "Classified, not available for posting"; while those from 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, and 2004 are listed as "Not available for posting." The histories from 2006 and later are not mentioned.</ref>
In May 2014, ''Columbia'' left on another western Pacific deployment, again stopping in Yokosuka on 5 November<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 7, 2014 |title=USS Columbia Visits Yokosuka during Western Pacific Deployment |url=https://www.pacom.mil/Media/News/News-Article-View/Article/564803/uss-columbia-visits-yokosuka-during-western-pacific-deployment/ |access-date=2022-06-05 |website=U.S. Indo-Pacific Command |language=en-US}}</ref> and returning to her homeport of [[Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam|Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam]] on 21 November.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=USS Columbia Presented the 2014 Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy |url=https://www.pacom.mil/Media/News/News-Article-View/Article/618363/uss-columbia-presented-the-2014-arleigh-burke-fleet-trophy/ |access-date=2022-06-05 |website=U.S. Indo-Pacific Command |language=en-US}}</ref>
▲* August 3, 2018: Cmdr. Tyler Forrest<ref>{{Cite web |title=USS Columbia Changes Hands |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/image/4615660/uss-columbia-changes-hands |access-date=2022-06-05 |website=DVIDS |language=en}}</ref>
In 2016, ''Columbia'' deployed on a six-month patrol in the western Pacific, making port visits at Yokosuka<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 25, 2016 |title=USS Columbia (SSN 771) prepares to moor at Fleet Activities Yokosuka |url=https://www.csp.navy.mil/Photos/igphoto/2001658167/ |access-date=2022-06-05 |website=www.csp.navy.mil |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 25, 2016 |title=Columbia visits Yokosuka during Indo-Asia-Pacific Deployment |url=https://www.csp.navy.mil/Media/News-Admin/Article/986009/columbia-visits-yokosuka-during-indo-asia-pacific-deployment/ |access-date=2022-06-05 |website=Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[United States Fleet Activities Sasebo|Sasebo]], Japan,<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 11, 2016 |title=Columbia visits Sasebo during Indo-Asia-Pacific Deployment |url=https://www.csp.navy.mil/Media/News-Admin/Article/832671/columbia-visits-sasebo-during-indo-asia-pacific-deployment/ |access-date=2022-06-05 |website=Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Guam]].
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In October 2018, the submarine began a [[RCOH|mid-life overhaul]] at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility. She left [[dry dock]] on 16 July 2020<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 20, 2020 |title=Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & IMF successfully undocks USS Columbia (SSN 771) |url=https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Media/News/SavedNewsModule/Article/2320276/pearl-harbor-naval-shipyard-imf-successfully-undocks-uss-columbia-ssn-771/ |access-date=2022-06-05 |website=Naval Sea Systems Command |language=en-US}}</ref> and returned to the Navy on 17 May 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 19, 2021 |title=Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Completes USS Columbia Availability |url=https://www.pacom.mil/Media/News/News-Article-View/Article/2624376/pearl-harbor-naval-shipyard-completes-uss-columbia-availability/ |access-date=2022-06-05 |website=U.S. Indo-Pacific Command |language=en-US}}</ref>
In September 2021, ''Columbia'' participated in the 62nd annual [[UNITAS]] exercise off South America.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UNITAS LXII Opening Ceremony Takes Place in Lima |url=https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/2790074/unitas-lxii-opening-ceremony-takes-place-in-lima/ |access-date=2022-06-05 |website=United States Navy |language=en-US}}</ref>
=== 2019 shooting ===
On 4 December 2019, while ''Columbia'' was in dry dock, a crew member on guard duty shot and killed two civilian employees and injured another before shooting and killing himself. [[Machinist's mate|Machinist's Mate]] Auxiliary Fireman Gabriel Romero, 22, used duty weapons issued to him as a member of the submarine's Topside Roving Patrol. Later investigation by the Navy determined that Romero was "likely unfit" for service on a submarine and that officers and senior enlisted sailors aboard ''Columbia'' had failed to recognize and coordinate action on his deteriorating mental state.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CASE STUDY: Kinetic Violence – Murder/Suicide |url=https://www.cdse.edu/Portals/124/Documents/casestudies/case-study-gabriel-romero.pdf |access-date=6 June 2022 |website=Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-29 |title=Investigation Finds USS Columbia Shooter Was Likely Unfit to Serve on Submarines |url=https://news.usni.org/2020/09/29/investigation-finds-uss-columbia-shooter-was-likely-unfit-to-serve-on-submarines |access-date=2022-06-06 |website=USNI News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ziezulewicz |first=Geoff |date=2020-09-29 |title=A troubled sailor was 'underdiagnosed' by mental health officials before mass shooting |url=https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2020/09/29/a-troubled-sailor-was-underdiagnosed-by-mental-health-officials-before-mass-shooting/ |access-date=2022-06-06 |website=Navy Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 6, 2019 |title=Navy Announces Three Deaths in Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Shooting |url=https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/Press-Releases/display-pressreleases/Article/2237628/navy-announces-three-deaths-in-pearl-harbor-naval-shipyard-shooting/ |access-date=June 6, 2022 |website=Navy.mil}}</ref>
==Awards==
In July 2015, the ship was awarded the [[Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy]], as the [[United States Pacific Fleet|Pacific Fleet]] ship that improved the most in the previous year, based on the [[Battle Effectiveness Award|Battle Efficiency Competition]].<ref name=":2" />
==Future U.S. submarine of the name==
On 3 June 2022, the Navy announced that the new sub would be named USS ''District of Columbia'' to eliminate the possibility that two ships in commission might bear the same name,<ref>{{Cite web |title=SECNAV Names SSBN 826 USS District of Columbia |url=https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/3052632/secnav-names-ssbn-826-uss-district-of-columbia/ |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=United States Navy |language=en-US}}</ref> which is forbidden by federal law.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Rourke |first=Ronald |date=June 13, 2022 |title=Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress |url=https://sgp.fas.org/crs/weapons/RS22478.pdf |access-date=August 17, 2022 |website=Federation of American Scientists |publisher=Congressional Research Service}}</ref>
==References==
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