#colorado class

[lonestarbattleship]

U.S. Fleet At Anchor at Coco Solo, Colón, Panama. Clockwise from the 9 o'clock position: USS TEXAS (BB-35), USS NEW YORK (BB-34), USS LEXINGTON (CV-2), USS SARATOGA (CV-3), USS LANGLEY (CV-1), a Tennessee class battleship, USS NEW MEXICO (BB-40), USS MISSISSIPPI (BB-41) and USS WEST VIRGINIA (BB-48).

Photographed sometime between April 23 and May 4, 1934.

Maritime Museum of San Diego: P-04930

[admiralnelsoniii]

USS West Virginia. This Colorado Class Battleship was raised from the mud of Pearl Harbor and went on to fire more shots in anger than any other battleship of WWII! Me being a West Virginia native, she is near and dear to my heart! 🥰

[carbone14]

Cuirassé USS Colorado (BB-45) pendant les essais en mer – 1923

©U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command - NH 55274

[lonestarbattleship]

USS WEST VIRGINIA (BB-48) at Puget Sound Navy Yard, showing different radar antenna.

Photographed on July 2, 1944.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: NH 64661

[lonestarbattleship]

USS COLORADO (BB-45), Queen of the Seas, tied to a pier in New York Navy Yard, prior to her maiden voyage.

"Uncle Sam's newest addition to the navy is receiving final equipment before her cruise to Europe. COLORADO is the navy's most powerful high seas fighting instrument, the greatest in the world, and is commanded by Capt. Reginald R. Belknap."

Photographed by Kadel & Herbert News on October 25, 1923.

AP Photo: H-15645-S

[lonestarbattleship]

USS WEST VIRGINIA (BB-48) en route to the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Washington, for permanent repairs and reconstruction.

Photographed on April 30, 1943.

National Archives via Battleship North Carolina Archives: P2016.026

[lonestarbattleship]

"USS YORKTOWN (CV-5) in Dry Dock # 1 at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, receiving urgent repairs for damage received in the Battle of Coral Sea. She left Pearl Harbor the next day to participate in the Battle of Midway. USS WEST VIRGINIA (BB-48), sunk in the December 7, 1941 Japanese air attack, is being salvaged in the left distance."

Photographed on May 29, 1942.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: 80-G-13065

Colorized by Steven Walker: link

[lonestarbattleship]

"MIGHTIEST FOR WAR AND FOR PEACE. Uncle Sam's latest and largest battleship U.S.S. COLORADO' docked alongside the giant S.S. "LEVIATHAN."

Both Queens of the Seas. COLORADO, (left) the largest of Uncle Sam's battleships, was dwarfed in the shadow of the giant Leviathan as they lay together for the first time at the River Pier at West 44th St., N.Y. COLORADO looks like a tiny craft alongside of the mighty Levnathan."

Date: November 9, 1923

AP Photo: link