USS Columbia (SSN-771) is the 21st flight III, or Improved (688i) Los Angeles-class attack submarine of the United States Navy. Commissioned in 1995, the submarine is assigned to Submarine Squadron 7 and homeported in Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
US Navy 030504-N-3994W-001 A girl ponders her next move while playing a game of tic-tac-toe with submerged Sonar Technician 1st Class Geoff Smitman assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One (MDSU-1)
US Navy 030504-N-3994W-002 A child admires his addition of a blue rocket to a welcome home banner for attack submarine USS Columbia (SSN 771)
US Navy 030606-N-3707W-001 The crew of the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Columbia (SSN 771) moor the submarine to a Pearl Harbor pier
US Navy 031121-N-0879R-002 Machinist Mate 3rd Class Ray Garcia talks about the role of submarines with a boy scout
US Navy 041013-N-6775N-014 Chief Sonar Technician Mark Williams presents a command challenge coin to Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Gordon R. England
US Navy 060317-N-0879R-005 Mrs. Hawaii 2002, Helen Berger reacts to the friends and family members calling out to their loved ones aboard the Los Angeles-class submarine USS Columbia (SSN 771) as it returned to Pearl Harbor
US Navy 060815-N-9486C-001 Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet Adm. Gary Roughead, left, and Commander, Submarine Force U.S. Pacific Fleet, Rear Adm. Joseph Walsh, center, presented the Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy
US Navy 080818-N-8273J-239 Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead is piped ashore after visiting with Sailors aboard the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Columbia (SSN 771)
US Navy 080818-N-8273J-237 Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead is piped ashore after visiting with Sailors aboard the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Columbia (SSN 771)