Editing Colorado-class battleship (section)

==Ships in class==
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|+ Construction data
|-
! scope="col" | Ship name
! scope="col" | {{abbr|Hull no.|hull number}}
! scope="col" | Builder
! scope="col" | Laid down
! scope="col" | Launched
! scope="col" | Commissioned
! scope="col" | Decommissioned
! scope="col" | Fate
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Colorado|BB-45|2}}
! scope="row" | BB-45
|[[New York Shipbuilding Corporation]], [[Camden, New Jersey]]
|29 May 1919
|22 March 1921
|30 August 1923
|7 January 1947
|Struck 1 March 1959; Sold for scrap, 23 July 1959
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Maryland|BB-46|2}}
! scope="row" | BB-46
|[[Newport News Shipbuilding Company]], [[Newport News, Virginia]]
|24 April 1917
|20 March 1920
|21 July 1921
|3 April 1947
|Struck 1 March 1959; Sold for scrap, 8 July 1959
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Washington|BB-47|2}}
! scope="row" | BB-47
|New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey
|30 June 1919
|1 September 1921
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|Cancelled after signing of [[Washington Naval Treaty]]; Sunk as target, 25 November 1924
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|West Virginia|BB-48|2}}
! scope="row" | BB-48
|Newport News Shipbuilding Company, Newport News, Virginia
|12 April 1920
|17 November 1921
|1 December 1923
|9 January 1947
|Struck 1 March 1959; Sold for scrap, 24 August 1959
|}

===USS ''Colorado''===
[[File:USS Colorado (BB-45) - NH 64516.jpg|thumb|USS ''Colorado'']]
{{Main|USS Colorado (BB-45)}}

{{USS|Colorado|BB-45}} was the third ship of the United States Navy named in honor of [[Colorado|the 38th state]]. Her keel was laid down on 29 May 1919 by the [[New York Shipbuilding Corporation]] of [[Camden, New Jersey]]. She was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 22 March 1921 and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 30 August 1923, [[Captain (naval)|Captain]] R. R. Belknap in command. During her career, ''Colorado'' was involved in various ceremonies and fleet exercises, and assisted residents of [[Long Beach, California]] following the [[1933 Long Beach earthquake|1933 earthquake]]. In 1937, she was one of several ships that searched for [[Amelia Earhart]] after she and her plane went missing. ''Colorado'' was at Puget Sound undergoing overhaul at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.{{sfn|Newhart|1995|p=65}}

After extensive training maneuvers along the West Coast, ''Colorado'' returned to Pearl Harbor in April 1942. From November 1942 to September 1943 she was stationed in the South West Pacific.{{sfn|Newhart|1995|p=65}} In November 1943, she participated in operations against the Japanese during both the [[Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign]] and [[Mariana and Palau Islands campaign]], and shelled [[Invasion of Lingayen Gulf|Luzon]] and [[Battle of Okinawa|Okinawa]] in advance of the planned amphibious assaults there. Following the end of World War II ''Colorado'' participated in [[Operation Magic Carpet]] before being decommissioned in 1947. She was sold for scrap in 1957.{{sfn|DANFS Colorado (BB-45)}}
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===USS ''Maryland''===
[[File:Uss maryland bb.jpg|thumb|USS ''Maryland'']]
{{Main|USS Maryland (BB-46)}}

{{USS|Maryland|BB-46}} was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of [[Maryland|the seventh state]]. Her keel was laid down on 24 April 1917 by the [[Newport News Shipbuilding]] Company of [[Newport News, Virginia]]. She was launched on 20 March 1920 and commissioned on 21 July 1921, Captain C.F. Preston in command. During her career she made a goodwill voyage to Australia and [[New Zealand]] in 1925, and transported [[President of the United States|President]]-elect [[Herbert Hoover]] on the Pacific leg of his tour of [[Latin America]] in 1928. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, she served as a mainstay of fleet readiness through multiple training exercises.{{sfn|DANFS Maryland (BB-46)}}

In 1940, ''Maryland'' changed her base of operations to Pearl Harbor. She was moored at [[Battleship Row]] next to [[Ford Island]] during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Damaged during the attack, ''Maryland'' reported to Puget Sound, where she was repaired and modernized. ''Maryland'' supported the amphibious landings during the [[Battle of Tarawa]], and thereafter participated in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, the [[Battle of Peleliu]], the [[Philippines campaign (1944–45)|Philippines campaign]], and the Battle of Okinawa. Following the end of World War II ''Maryland'' participated in Operation Magic Carpet before being decommissioned in 1947. She was sold for scrap in 1959.{{sfn|DANFS Maryland (BB-46)}}
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===USS ''Washington''===
[[File:USS Washington BB-47.jpg|thumb|USS ''Washington'']]
{{Main|USS Washington (BB-47)}}

{{USS|Washington|BB-47}} was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of [[Washington (state)|the 42nd state]]. Her keel was laid down on 30 June 1919 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey.  She was launched on 1 September 1921, but on 8 February 1922, two days after the signing of the Washington Naval Treaty, all construction work ceased on the 75.9% completed dreadnought.{{sfn|DANFS Washington (BB-47)}}{{sfn|Ferguson|2007|p=57}}

The ship was towed out to sea off the [[Virginia Capes]] in November 1924 to be used as a gunnery target. On the first day of testing, the ship was hit by two {{convert|400|lb|adj=on}} torpedoes and three {{convert|1|ST}} near-miss bombs with minor damage and a list of three degrees. On that day, the ship had 400&nbsp;pounds of TNT detonated on board, but she remained afloat. Two days later, the ship was hit by fourteen {{convert|14|in|adj=on|sp=us}} shells dropped from {{convert|4000|ft}}, but only one penetrated. The ship was finally sunk on 26 November 1924 by the battleships {{USS|New York|BB-34|2}} and {{USS|Texas|BB-35|2}} with fourteen 14-inch shell hits. After the test, it was determined that the existing deck armor on battleships was inadequate, and that future battleships should be fitted with triple bottoms.{{sfn|Friedman|1985|p=186}}
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===USS ''West Virginia''===
[[File:Uss west virginia bb.jpg|thumb|USS ''West Virginia'']]
{{Main|USS West Virginia (BB-48)}}

{{USS|West Virginia|BB-48}} was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of [[West Virginia|the 35th state]]. Her keel was laid down on 12 April 1920 by the Newport News Shipbuilding Company of Newport News, Virginia. She was launched on 17 November 1921 and commissioned on 1 December 1923, Captain [[Thomas J. Senn]] in command. Despite a grounding incident early in her career ''West Virginia'' received high acclaim for gunnery and armor protection, and was involved in exercises to test the defenses of the Hawaiian Islands in the 1930s. On the morning of 7 December 1941, ''West Virginia'' was sunk at her berth in Battleship Row by multiple Japanese torpedo and bomb hits, but thanks in large part to counterflooding the battleship settled on an even keel, similar to {{USS|California|BB-44|2}}. Refloated on 17 May 1942, ''West Virginia'' received sufficient temporary repairs to sail to Puget Sound for reconstruction and modernization.{{sfn|DANFS West Virginia (BB-48)}}

In July 1944 she departed Puget Sound and rejoined the Pacific Fleet for combat operations on the eve of the Philippines campaign. There she participated in the [[Battle of Surigao Strait]], the last battleship vs battleship duel of World War II, where her new Mk. 8 fire-control radar enabled her to hit the {{ship|Japanese battleship|Yamashiro||2}} with her first salvo – in the dark – at {{convert|22800|yd|m}}. In February 1945 ''West Virginia'' participated in the [[Battle of Iwo Jima]], initially by preinvasion bombardment, and later by callfire support for the ground forces on the island. Her last combat operations were during the Battle of Okinawa; after the surrender of Japan, she participated in Operation Magic Carpet. Decommissioned in 1947, she was sold for scrap in 1959.{{sfn|DANFS West Virginia (BB-48)}}