USS Columbia may refer to:

, a Java-class frigate under construction, was burned in 1814 to prevent her capture by the British was a 50-gun sailing frigate launched in 1836 and in occasional service until 1861, when she was burned to avoid capture by the Confederates was a captured Confederate screw steamer that ran aground in 1863 was an ironclad, also captured from the Confederates in 1865 and in use until June of that year. , later CA-16, was a protected cruiser in service from 1894 to 1921. At the end of its career it was renamed USS Old Columbia. was originally the Great Northern, a troop transport, renamed in 1921 and used until 1922 was a light cruiser launched 17 December 1941 and active throughout the rest of World War II USS Columbia (AOT-182), a transport oiler, was returned to her owner on 1 May 1984 is a commissioned in 1995 and currently in active service

See also , future lead ship of the s, originally named Columbia, but changed so as not to conflict with List of ships named SS Columbia Columbia Rediviva (1773) - privately owned American full-rigged ship The Command Module Columbia of Apollo 11 Space Shuttle Columbia - several Canadian Navy ships -a United States privateer brig formally named Curlew captured by the Royal Navy