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9. USS Columbia

Joined the Service in 1995 Producer: General Dynamics Electric Boat Price: *$14.5 billion The sixty-first attack submarine of the LA class is the USS Columbia. With the Columbia name, it is the eighth ship. It was built between 1993 and 1994. October 1995 saw the 362-foot-long submarine put into service. "Preserving Freedom on the Seas" is its motto.

Twitter.com/seawaves_mag/USS Columbia The USS Columbia has been upgraded for flight, allowing it to accommodate aircraft. It has four floatplanes attached to it. After being utilized in WWII, the lighter Columbia models were sold for scrap. An upgrade is being supplied to the new LA-class. The Navy claims that the USS Columbia will receive the most extensive refit ever the following year. The U.S. Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus, named the improved USS Columbia SSBN-826 on December 14, 2016. The Columbia class will be led by the ballistic US Navy missile submarine. It will also hold the distinction of being the first ship in the Navy to bear the name Washington, D.C.