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USS ''Colorado'' (BB-45), was the lead ship of the ''Colorado''-class of battleships, the third ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 38th state. Her keel was laid down on 29 May 1919 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation. She was launched on 22 March 1921; and commissioned on 30 August 1923. She was armed with eight guns and fourteen 5-inch (127 mm) deck guns; two 5" guns were removed in an overhaul. ''Colorado'' took her maiden voyage in 1923 to Europe. She later operated with the Battle Fleet and sailed through the Pacific during the interwar years. She also underwent a further refit, during which her four anti-aircraft guns were replaced with an equal number of s. During the early part of World War II, ''Colorado'' undertook a defensive patrol near the Golden Gate Bridge in May 1942 to stop a possible Japanese invasion. She then sailed to Fiji to stop any further Japanese advance into the Pacific. Next, she supported the landings on Tarawa, the Marshall Islands, Saipan, Guam, and Tinian. On 24 July 1944, during the shelling of Tinian, ''Colorado'' received 22 shell hits from shore batteries, but continued to support the invading troops until 3 August. She later arrived in Leyte Gulf on 20 November 1944 to support American troops fighting ashore. On 27 November, she was hit by two ''Kamikazes'' which caused moderate damage. After that, ''Colorado'' sailed to Luzon on 1 January 1945, where she participated in the preinvasion bombardments in Lingayen Gulf. She returned to Okinawa on 6 August and sailed from there to Japan for the occupation of the country, arriving in Tokyo on 27 August. Departing Tokyo Bay on 20 September, she arrived at San Francisco on 15 October. She was placed out of commission in reserve in Pearl Harbor on 7 January 1947, and sold for scrapping on 23 July 1959. She won seven battle stars during her service. Many of ''Colorado''s anti-aircraft guns are in museums across the state of Colorado (her bell and teak decking are also in museums) or mounted on the ''Olympia''. == Description == (詳細はlong overall, had a beam of and a draft of . She displaced as designed and up to at full load. The ship was powered by a four-shaft turbo-electric drive, rated at and eight Babcock & Wilcox Boilers, generating a top speed of . She had a range of if she was going at . She had a crew of 1,080 officers and enlisted men. She was armed with a main battery of eight /45 guns in four twin gun turrets on the centerline, two forward and aft. The secondary battery consisted of fourteen 5 in (127 mm)/51 guns, two of which were removed in an overhaul. The anti-aircraft defense consisted of four 3 in (76 mm) guns, which were soon replaced, first by 5 in (127 mm)/25 guns, and then by 5 in/38 guns. As was standard for capital ships of the period, ''Colorado'' carried two torpedo tubes in deck-mounted launchers. ''Colorado''s main armored belt was thick over the magazines and the machinery spaces and elsewhere. The main battery gun turrets had thick faces, and the supporting barbettes had of armor plating on their exposed sides. Armor that was thick protected the decks. The conning tower had thick sides. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Colorado (BB-45)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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