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Colorado

Class	Colorado class
Type	Battleship (BB)
Hull	BB-45
Fate	Afloat. Not sunk. Survived the war.
Armament (class)	Four twin 16-inch turrets. The fourth hull of the class was not finished.
Command	Ancrum, William Alexander Captain, December 1934 to February 1936 MacAulay, Walter Scott Captain from 23 August 1944; Relieved on 2 September 1945

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

USS Colorado (BB-45) was a battleship of the United States Navy and the name ship of the Colorado class.

Captain Walter Scott MacAulay commanded her from 23 August 1944 until he was relieved on 2 September 1945. His time in command ran a little more than a year and covered the spring of 1945.

On 1 April 1945, with MacAulay still in command, Colorado was off Okinawa in the gunfire force. That duty is the action given for her. She came through the day afloat. For 1 April 1945 the result is that she was not sunk. Colorado survived the war. The hull was not lost, and her fate is survival.

The pictures on this page are the originals.