At Scheer's suggestion, the CM was named Columbia after Columbiad, the giant cannon that launched a spacecraft (also from Florida) in Jules Verne's 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon.
æt ʃˈɪɹz sədʒˈɛstʃən, ðə sˌiːˈɛm wʌz nˈeɪmd kəlˈʌmbiə ˈæftɚ kˈɑːləmbˌɪæd, ðə dʒˈaɪənt kˈænən ðæt lˈɑːntʃt ɐ spˈeɪskɹæft ˈɔːlsoʊ fɹʌm flˈɔːɹɪdə ɪn dʒˈuːlz vˈɜːnz wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti fˈaɪv nˈɑːvəl fɹʌmðɪ ˈɜːθ tə ðə mˈuːn.