Our History

USS Columbia was launched on January 23, 2010, and commissioned October 23, 2010. She was named in honor of the Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew, who perished upon re-entry on February 1, 2003. 

Our Timeline

Columbia's RPG is set after the DS9 era. Currently, our RPG date is 2376

Our Ship

USS Columbia is a Sovereign-class starship featuring five torpedo launchers, 12 phaser emitters, and a normal cruising speed of Warp 8. She is 680 meters long, 240 meters wide, and 87 meters tall, with 24 decks and a standard crew complement of 700. 

Region 1

Columbia​ is a part of STARFLEET Region 1, The "First Fleet" of SFI. 

Our Namesake

USS Columbia is named in honor of the Space Shuttle Columbia, which was lost with all hands during re-entry on February 1, 2003. 

Ships Named Columbia

The name Columbia has a rich history in the Naval and space service. 10 ships named Columbia saw service with the United States Navy, and at least two canon Starfleet vessels and two Royal Canadian Navy ships have borne the name as well. 
  • Columbia, later known as Columbia Rediviva, a private vessel that became the first American ship to circumnavigate the globe, and which later became the namesake of the Columbia River, the province of British Columbia, the command module of the Apollo 11 mission, and the Space Shuttle Columbia--in whose honor we are named
  • USS Columbia, a 50-gun sailing frigate in service from 1836 to 1861
  • USS Columbia, a captured Confederate screw steamer in service until 1863
  • USS Columbia, an ironclad placed in service by the Confederate Navy in 1864 and captured by Union forces in 1865
  • USS Columbia (C-12/CA-12), a protected cruiser in service from 1894 to 1921 and later renamed Old Columbia
  • USS Columbia (AG-9), a troop transport in service from 1921 to 1922
  • HMCS Columbia (I49), a destroyer commissioned by the U.S. Navy and later transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy that saw service in World War 2
  • USS Columbia (CL-56), a light cruiser commissioned ten days after the Pearl Harbor attack and in service throughout World War 2
  • HMCS Columbia (DDE 260), a destroyer in service with the Royal Canadian Navy from 1959-1974
  • Columbia, the command module for the Apollo 11 mission
  • Columbia (OV-102), a Space Shuttle placed in service in 1979 and lost with all hands in 2003--our namesake
  • USS Columbia (AOT-182), a transport oiler returned to her owner in 1984
  • USS Columbia (SSN-721), a Los Angeles-class attack submarine currently in service
  • USS Columbia (SSBN-826), the planned lead ship in a new class of ballistic missile submarines
  • Columbia (NX-02), the second of the NX-class starships
  • SS Columbia (NC-5940-1), a Federation survey ship which crashed on Talos IV in 2236
  • USS Columbia (NCC-621), a scout ship in service in the 2270's