USS Colorado Panama Canal 1930s
USS Colorado with exposed anti-torpedo nets
USS Colorado
Battleship USS Colorado
Battleship USS Colorado
USS Colorado
Colorado Puget Sound 1944
USS Colorado
USS Colorado NY
Starboard view of USS Colorado in camouflage 1944
Battleship USS Colorado BB-45 in camouflage
Battleship USS Colorado BB-45 stern view
USS Colorado off New York 1934
USS Colorado bombarding Okinawa on March 29, 1945
Battleship USS Colorado in 1931
USS Colorado 8 November 1942
USS Colorado in Panama Canal 1936
USS Colorado (BB-45), the third ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 38th state, was the lead ship of her class of battleships. Her keel was laid down on 29 May 1919 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey. She was launched on 22 March 1921 sponsored by Mrs. M. Melville, and commissioned on 30 August 1923 with Captain R. R. Belknap in command.