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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Colorado''''' was one of six [[Pennsylvania Class Cruiser (1903)|''Pennsylvania'' Class armoured cruisers]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]].
 
|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Colorado''''' was one of six [[Pennsylvania Class Cruiser (1903)|''Pennsylvania'' Class armoured cruisers]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]].
  
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She was commissioned on 19 January, 1905 under the command of Captain D. Kennedy.
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She was renamed '''U.S.S. ''Pueblo''''' on 9 November, 1916 to free the name for the super-dreadnought {{US-Colorado|f=p}}.
  
 
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''Colorado'' was commissioned on 19 January, 1905 under the command of Captain [[Duncan Kennedy]].
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She was renamed '''U.S.S. ''Pueblo''''' on 9 September 1916 to free her name for the new {{US-Colorado|f=t}}.
  
 
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==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Duncan Kennedy|nick=Duncan Kennedy|appt=19 January, 1905{{USOfficerReg1906|p. 8}}|end=12 April, 1906|precBy=New Command|note=Died at sea while in command.}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Joseph Lee Jayne|nick=Joseph L. Jayne|appt=12 April, 1906|end=before 16 July, 1906{{INF}}|note=Acting}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Sidney Augustus Staunton|nick=Sidney A. Staunton|appt=16 July, 1906{{USOfficerReg1907|p. 10}}|end=21 December, 1908{{USOfficerReg1908|p. 10}}{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Charles Brainard Taylor Moore|nick=Charles B. T. Moore|appt=21 December, 1908{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 8}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=William Andrew Gill|nick=William A. Gill|appt=12 August, 1910{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 10}}|end=December, 1912{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 12}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=William Wirt Gilmer|nick=William W. Gilmer|appt=c. early 1913{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 12}}|end=after 1 January, 1913{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 12}}{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 12}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Ralph Maneill Griswold|nick=Ralph M. Griswold|appt=before 1 January, 1916{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 24}}|end=after 1 January, 1916{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 24}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Amon Bronson, Jr.|nick=Amon Bronson, Jr.|appt=1916{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 16}}|end=|as=Captain of U.S.S. ''Denver''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Frank Brooks Upham|nick=Frank B. Upham|appt=16 August, 1917{{USOfficerReg1919|pp. 16-17}}|end=after 1 January, 1919{{USOfficerReg1919|pp. 16-17}}|as=Captain of U.S.S. ''Denver''}}
 
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Latest revision as of 01:21, 29 March 2022

U.S.S. Colorado (1903)
Hull Number: ACR-7
Builder: William Cramp & Sons[1]
Ordered: Act of 7 June, 1900[2]
Laid down: 25 Apr, 1901[3]
Launched: 25 Apr, 1903[4]
Commissioned: 19 Jan, 1905[5]
Sold: 1930[6]

U.S.S. Colorado was one of six Pennsylvania Class armoured cruisers completed for the U.S. Navy.

She was renamed U.S.S. Pueblo on 9 November, 1916 to free the name for the super-dreadnought U.S.S. Colorado.

Service

Colorado was commissioned on 19 January, 1905 under the command of Captain Duncan Kennedy.

She was renamed U.S.S. Pueblo on 9 September 1916 to free her name for the new battleship Colorado.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 148.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 148.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 148.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 148.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 148.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 148.
  7. ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 8.
  8. ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 10.
  9. ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 10.
  10. ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 8.
  11. ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 10.
  12. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 12.
  13. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 12.
  14. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 12.
  15. ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 12.
  16. ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 24.
  17. ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 24.
  18. ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 16.
  19. ↑ Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 16-17.
  20. ↑ Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 16-17.

Bibliography


Pennsylvania Class Armoured Cruiser
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  Colorado Maryland South Dakota  
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