USS Columbia (C-12), a U.S. Navy protected cruiser, photographed at anchor from the waterline showing her distinctive four-funnel silhouette and armored casemate battery. Commissioned in 1894 and renowned for record-setting transatlantic speed trials, Columbia served as a troop convoy escort during the Spanish-American War (1898) and later as a training and receiving ship before her 1907 decommissioning. This image, preserved in a sailor's personal photo album, captures the ship raising steam with smoke pouring from her aft funnels while a small boat stands alongside. Project: 218597