U.S.S. Colorado
ACR-7
1905
(Navis 332N)
- Class: Pennsylvania - 6 armored cruisers of 1899-1900
- Displacement: 13,680 tons
- Dimensions: 502 (wl) 504 (oa) x 69.5 x 24 ft.
- Machinery: 2-shaft reciprocating vertical triple-expansion, IHP 28,600 = 22 knots
- Armor: Main belt 5-6 in, ends 3.5 in, turrets 6.5 in, CT 9 in
- Armament: 4-8in/40 (2x2), 14-6in/50, 18-3in, 12-3pdr.; 2-18 in TT
- Complement: 832
- Builder: William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, PA
- Authorized: 7 Jun 1900
- Commissioned: 19 Jan 1905
- Renamed: Pueblo 9 Nov 1916
- Stricken: 21 Feb 1930
- Notes: Design sacrificed armor and gunpower for slight increase in speed. Military foremast replaced by cagemast in 1911. Secondary armament in 1918 was 10-3" and 2-3" A.A. Used as transport to return troops from France in 1919. Sisters were Pennsylvania (ACR-4), West Virginia (ACR-5), California (ACR-6), Maryland (ACR-8), and South Dakota (ACR-9).
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