USS Colorado (1856)
USS Colorado |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Colorado |
| Builder: | Norfolk Navy Yard |
| Laid down: | 1856 |
| Launched: | 19 June 1856 |
| Sponsored by: | Ms. N. S. Dornin |
| Commissioned: | 13 March 1858 |
| Decommissioned: | 8 June 1876 |
| Fate: | Sold, 18 February 1885 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Colorado |
| Type: | Screw frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,425 long tons (3,480 t) |
| Length: | 263 ft 8 in (80.37 m) |
| Beam: | 52 ft 6 in (16.00 m) |
| Draft: | 22 ft 1 in (6.73 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam engine |
| Sail plan: | Three masts |
| Speed: | 9 kn (10 mph; 17 km/h) |
| Complement: | 674 officers and men |
| Armament: | 2 × 10 in (250 mm) guns, 28 × 9 in (230 mm) guns, 14 × 8 in (200 mm) guns |
| General characteristics 1864 | |
| Armament: | • 1 × 150 pdr rifle • 1 × 11 in (280 mm) smoothbore guns • 46 × 9 in (230 mm) smoothbore guns • 4 × 12 pdr howitzers |
| General characteristics 1871 | |
| Armament: | • 2 × 100 pdr rifle • 1 × 11 in (280 mm) smoothbore guns • 42 × 9 in (230 mm) smoothbore guns • 2 × 20 pdr howitzers • 6 × 12 pdr howitzers |
The first USS Colorado — a 3,400 long tons (3,500 t)-class, three-masted steam screw frigate — was launched on 19 June 1856 by the Norfolk Navy Yard. It was sponsored by Ms. N. S. Dornin, and commissioned on 13 March 1858, Captain W. H. Gardner in command.
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