USS Colorado (BB-45)
Service
- as Colorado30 August 1923 — 7 January 19472,193 days of the war
- Name
- USS Colorado
- Pennant / hull number
- BB-45
- Namesake
- Colorado
- Builder
- New York Shipbuilding Corporation
- Ordered
- 29 August 1916
- Laid down
- 29 May 1919
- Launched
- 22 March 1921
- Commissioned
- 30 August 1923
- Decommissioned
- 7 January 1947
- Struck
- 1 March 1959
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 23 July 1959 (1959)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, full load
- 32,600 long tons (33,123 t)
- Length
- 190.2 m (624 ft)
- Beam
- 29.72 m (97.5 ft)
- Draught
- 9.3 m (30.5 ft)
- Speed
- 21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
- Main gun
- 406 mm (16 in)
The first Colorado was named for the Colorado River; the second and third ships named Colorado were named for the 38th State , admitted to the Union on 1 August 1876.
The third Colorado (Battleship No. 45) was laid down on 29 May 1919 at Camden, N.J., by the New York Shipbuilding Co.; reclassified as BB-45 on 17 July 1920; launched on 22 March 1921, sponsored by Mrs. Max Melville [Mrs. Ruth Nicholson Melville], the daughter of Senator Samuel D. Nicholson of Colorado; and commissioned on 30 August 1923, Capt. Reginald R. Belknap in command.
Colorado sailed from New York on 29 December 1923, four days after Christmas, on her maiden voyage that took her to Portsmouth, England; Cherbourg and Villefranche, France; Naples, Italy; and Gibraltar before returning to New York on 15 February 1924. After repairs and final tests she sailed for the west coast on 11 July and arrived at San Francisco on 15 September 1924.
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From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command (Colorado III (BB-45)). A work of the United States Government, in the public domain.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Armament
- 8 × 16 in/45 cal Mark 1 guns
- 14 × 5 in/51 caliber guns
- 4 × 3 in/23 caliber guns
- 2 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- Armour
- Belt: 8 - 13.5 in
- Barbettes: 13 in
- Turret face: 18 in
- Turret sides: 9 - 10 in
- Turret top: 5 in
- Turret rear 9 in
- Conning tower: 11.5 in
- Decks: 3.5 in
- Aircraft
- Vought OS2U Kingfisher
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Colorado (BB-45) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Service history reproduced verbatim from Colorado III (BB-45) , Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships — public domain, a work of the United States Government.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy [ 2 ] — U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 2004.042.052 [1] — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons