Colorado-class battleship

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battleship class dreadnought battleship class

The Colorado-class battleship was a group of U.S. Navy dreadnoughts built in the early 20th century, notable for their heavy 16-inch guns and service around the World War II era.

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Label Occurrences
Colorado-class battleship canonical 6
Colorado-class 2
Colorado-class battleships 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battleship class ⓘ
dreadnought battleship class ⓘ
antiAircraftArmament 3-inch and later 40 mm and 20 mm AA guns ⓘ
armoredWith armored deck ⓘ
armored turrets ⓘ
belt armor up to about 13.5 inches ⓘ
builtForConflict potential World War I service ⓘ
category capital ship ⓘ
constructionPeriod 1910s ⓘ
early 1920s ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
crewComplement approximately 1,000 officers and enlisted ⓘ
designedAs standard-type battleship ⓘ
designedBy Bureau of Construction and Repair (U.S. Navy) ⓘ
designedRange approximately 8,000 nautical miles at cruising speed ⓘ
designStandard U.S. Navy standard-type battleship concept ⓘ
displacementFullLoad over 33,000 long tons ⓘ
displacementStandard approximately 32,000 long tons ⓘ
era World War II ⓘ
surface form: World War II era

interwar period ⓘ
finalDisposition all surviving ships scrapped ⓘ
followedBy South Dakota-class battleship (1920) ⓘ
gunCaliber 16-inch (406 mm) ⓘ
hasCanceledMember USS Washington (BB-47) ⓘ
hasMember USS Colorado (BB-45) ⓘ
USS Maryland (BB-46) ⓘ
USS West Virginia (BB-48) ⓘ
mainBatteryArrangement four twin turrets ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 21 knots ⓘ
modernized during World War II ⓘ
during the 1930s ⓘ
namedAfter U.S. states ⓘ
navalArchitectureType all-or-nothing armor scheme ⓘ
notableFeature first U.S. battleship class with 16-inch guns as main battery ⓘ
numberOfMainGuns 8 ⓘ
operator United States Navy ⓘ
precededBy Tennessee-class battleship ⓘ
primaryArmament 16-inch/45 caliber guns ⓘ
propulsionType oil-fired boilers ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
role fleet battleship ⓘ
shore bombardment ship ⓘ
sawServiceIn World War II ⓘ
secondaryArmament 5-inch guns (various mounts over career) ⓘ
serviceBranch United States Navy ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Navy
status all units decommissioned ⓘ
usedFor Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Theater operations
usedIn amphibious assault support ⓘ
naval gunfire support ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colorado class → class → Colorado-class battleship ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Washington (BB-47)
Colorado class → class → Colorado-class battleship ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Colorado (BB-45)
Colorado class → class → Colorado-class battleship ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Maryland (BB-46)
Colorado class → class → Colorado-class battleship ⓘ
subject surface form: USS West Virginia (BB-48)
USS Washington (BB-47) (canceled) → category → Colorado-class battleship ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Washington (BB-47)
this entity surface form: Colorado-class battleships
BB-46 → class → Colorado-class battleship ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Maryland
BB-46 → classShipCount → Colorado-class battleship ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Maryland
this entity surface form: Colorado-class
BB-46 → category → Colorado-class battleship ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Maryland
this entity surface form: Colorado-class battleships of the United States Navy
BB-45 → class → Colorado-class battleship ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Colorado
this entity surface form: Colorado-class
USS Washington (BB-47) → partOfClass → Colorado-class battleship ⓘ