Tennessee-class
Colorado-class
South Dakota-class
North Carolina-class
Laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation on 29 May 1919, launched by Mrs. Max Melville on 22 March 1921, commissioned on 30 August 1923, overhauled 1928-1929, refitted at the Puget Sound Navy Yard 25 June1941-31 March 1942, decommissioned at Pearl Harbor on 7 January 1947, stricken on 1 March 1959 and sold to be broken up on 23 July 1959. Nicknamed Buckin Bronco,
Of the Colorado-class consisting of the Colorado, Maryland, West Virginia and Washington preceded by the Tennessee-class and succeeded by the South Dakota and North Carolina-classes. General technical specifications of this class. Displacement 32.600 long tons and as dimensions 190,27 (over all) x 29,67 x 12 metres or 624.3 x 97.4 x 38 feet. Displacement of the Colorado 32.600/32.100 long tons *design)-33.590 tons/33.060 long tons (full load). Turbo-electric transmission consisting of 4-5,424kW electric motors driven by 2-2 phase turbo generators and 8 oil-fired Babcock&Wilcox water tube boilers supplying via 4 screw shafts totally 28.900 ehp allowing a speed of 21 knots. With the maximum oil bunker capacity of 4.570 tons was the range 8.000 nautical miles with a speed of 10 knots. Crew numbered 1.080 men. The armour consisted of a 20,3-34,3cm/8-13.5” thick belt, 8,9cm/3.5” thick decks with the barbettes, gun turrets and conning tower protected by respectively 33cm/13”, 12,7cm/5” (top)-22,9cm/9” (rear)-22,9/25,4cm or 9-10” (sides)-45,7cm/18” (front) and 292cm/11.5”. Original armament consisted of 4x2-41cm/16” 45 Mark 5 guns, 12/14-12,7cm/5” /51 guns, 4-7,6cm/3”guns, 2-21” torpedo tubes deck mounted; later increased with anti aircraft guns. The Colorado-class battleships were the last battleships built for the US Navy with 4 gun turrets.
