Word: colorado
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...compared with the leading post-Jutland ships of other nations, the Mutzu (and her sister ship, the Nageto) of Japan and the British battle cruiser Hood, the Colorado (and her sister ships) are slightly inferior...
...Length: Colorado, 624 ft.; Mutzu, 700 ft.; Hood...
...Beam: Colorado, 97 ft.; Mutzu, 95 ft.; Hood...
...History. The Colorado was authorized by act of Congress in 1916, along with two others of her class, the Maryland, the West Virginia. She was built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, on a "cost plus fee" basis, the total expense of construction being about...
...Strength. With her sister ships, the Maryland (in commission for some time) and the West Virginia (to be commissioned about December 1), the Colorado ranks as the most formidable of our fleet units. These three ships are our only first line vessels built since the Battle of Jutland, and embody all that was there learned of naval architecture...