Editing Colorado-class battleship (section)

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