There was, in fact, the first
U.S.S. Columbia, but she was
preceded by two other U.S. Navy ships named Columbia. One of which was captained by
Robert Gray (
Captain Robert Gray) who had previously captained her sister ship, the
Lady Washington, a replica of which some of our dear readers have seen in person, and has had a featured role in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. This Columbia is, in fact, the model for the ship at Disneyland, or, as the man says, "An exact replicer of the first American vessel to completely circle the globe." I think he means by sailing, otherwise, well, let's just say that would be a pretty big ship.