USS Colorado
USS Colorado
Namesake: Colorado River
Builder: Norfolk Navy Yard
Laid Down: 1856
Launched: 19 June 1856
Sponsored by: Ms. N. S. Domin
Commissioned: 13 March 1858
Decommissioned: 8 June 1876
Fate: Sold, 18 February 1885
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Characteristics
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Class & Type: Screw Frigate
Displacement: 3,425 long tons
Length: 263 ft. 8 in.
Beam: 52 ft. 6 in.
Draft: 22 ft. 1 in.
Propulsion: Steam engine
Sail plan: Three masts
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Armament
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2 x 10 in. guns
28 x 9 in. guns
14 x 8 in. guns
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1864 Armament
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1 x 150-pounder rifle
1 x 11 in. smoothbore guns
46 x 9 in. smoothbore guns
4 x 12-pounder howitzers
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1871 Armament
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2 x 100-pounder rifles
1 x 11 in. smoothbore guns
42 x 9 in. smoothbore guns
2 x 20-pounder howitzers
6 x 12-pounder howitzers
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Battles
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​Gulf Blockading Squadron
Capture of the Schooner Hunter
North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
1st Battle of Fort Fisher
2nd Battle of Fort Fisher
European Squadron
Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas
Asiatic Squadron
North Atlantic Squadron, eventually becoming the flagship
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