system of Columbia University Other companies Columbia Brewery in Canada Columbia Data Products Columbia Forest Products Columbia Gas Transmission, a gas pipeline between the U.S. Gulf Coast and New York Columbia Industries Columbia Insurance Group Columbia Management Group Columbia Mining Company, amalgamated in 2001 with Teck Resources as Teck-Cominco Columbia Power Corporation, Canada Columbia Sportswear, formerly the Columbia Hat Company People Al Columbia (born 1970), American artist, writer and cartoonist Columbia Lancaster (1803–1893), a delegate from the Territory of Washington Schools Columbia University, New York City Columbia Lions, athletic teams representing the university Columbia International University, Columbia, South Carolina Columbia College (disambiguation) Columbia Bible College, Abbotsford, British Columbia Columbia Theological Seminary, formerly in Columbia, now in Decatur, Georgia Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School, New York City Columbia High School (disambiguation) Columbia Independent School, Columbia, Missouri Columbia Middle School in Grovetown, Georgia Columbia University, a former name of the University of Portland School districts Columbia Elementary School District, Redding, California Columbia School District (Mississippi) Columbia Public Schools, Columbia, Missouri Aircraft and spacecraft Space Shuttle Columbia Command Module Columbia, the Command/Service Module for the Apollo 11 mission Columbia XJL, a large amphibian aircraft built only as three prototypes Ships Naval vessels USS Columbia, any of several ships of the US Navy Columbia-class cruiser, a group of two protected cruisers used by the United States Navy, 1890–91 CSS Columbia, a Confederate (and later U.S. Navy) ironclad ram during the Civil War HMCS Columbia, any of several commissioned vessels of the Royal Canadian Navy America's Cup yachts Columbia (1871 yacht) Columbia (1899 yacht) Columbia (1958 yacht) Other ships Columbia (Arrow Lakes sternwheeler) Columbia (barque), in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company on the Columbia River and along the Pacific Northwest Coast Columbia (collapsed paddle steamer), a paddle steamer excursion boat which sank on the Illinois River in July 1918 Columbia (sidewheeler 1850), a steamboat in Oregon MV Columbia, a large passenger and automobile ferry in the Alaska Marine Highway System fleet SS Columbia, a historic excursion steamer docked in Ecorse, Michigan, United States SS Columbia (1880), a coastal passenger liner which made the first commercial use of Edison's light bulb SS Columbia (1889), an ocean liner, later renamed Rapido, a cruiser for the Spanish Navy United States lightship Columbia (WLV-604), the first lightship on the Pacific Coast of the United States, docked in Astoria, Oregon Columbia Rediviva, commonly known as the Columbia, a