Battleships: Colorado Class

[Brian James]

Colorado Class Battleship USS Maryland pictured in Puget Sound, August 14th, 1945.

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Lead Ship,Battleship USS Colorado pictured under refit at Puget Sound Navy Yard, during which her four 3-inch Anti-Aircraft guns were replaced by eight 5-inch/25 caliber guns,seen on April 5th 1928.

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Views of COLORADO thru the years......... DFO

[Brian James]

Lead Ship,Battleship USS Colorado pictured on May 31st 1934.

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Two views of the MARYLAND at Puget Sound, 1944........... DFO

[Brian James]

Never say die......Colorado Class Battleship USS West Virginia pictured being moved into drydock at Pearl Harbor on June 9th 1942.She was extensively rebuilt over the course of 1943 and into mid-1944. She returned to service in time for the Philippines Campaign, where she led the American line of battle at the Battle of Surigayo Strait on the night of 24–25 October. There, she was one of the few American Battleships to use her radar to acquire a target in the darkness, allowing her to engage a Japanese squadron in what was the final action between Battleships in naval history.

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Colorado Class Battleship USS West Virginia pictured off Puget Sound Navy Yard,July 2nd 1944.

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Here is the rebuilt WEST VIRGINIA; now if only the U$N had released photos of her radical rebuild after Pearl Harbor! DFO

[Brian James]

Colorado Class Dreadnought Battleship USS Maryland pictured under construction at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company Shipyard, Newport News, Virginia on March 5th 1920.

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Colorado Class Battleship USS West Virginia pictured in floating dry dock ABSD-2 at Manus,Admiralty Islands,November 14th, 1944.