U.S.S. Colorado
BB-45
1945
(Neptun 1303a)
- Class: Colorado - 3 battleships of 1916
- Displacement: 32,500 tons
- Dimensions: 600(wl) 624(oa) x 108 x 30 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft turbo-electric drive, S.H.P. 31,000 = 21 knots
- Armor: belt 16 in., turrets 18 in.
- Armament: 8-16"/45 (4x2), 8-5"/51 (8x1), 8-5"/25 (8x1), 36-40mm (8x4,2x2) A.A. guns
- Complement: 2,100
- Builder: New York Shipbuilding Corp, Camden NJ
- Keel Laid: 29 May 1919
- Launched: 22 Mar 1921
- Commissioned: 30 Aug 1923
- Decommissioned: 7 Jan 1947
- Stricken: 23 Jul 1959
- Actions: Gilbert Is., Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Saipan, Guam, Leyte, Lingayen, Okinawa
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