USS Colorado (ACR-7)

USS Colorado (ACR-7), port side view September 1907.
History
United States
Name	USS Colorado (1903–1916) USS Pueblo (1916–1930)
Namesake	State of Colorado City of Pueblo, Colorado
Ordered	7 June 1900
Awarded	10 January 1901
Builder	William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cost	$3,780,000 (contract price of hull and machinery)
Yard number	316
Laid down	25 April 1901
Launched	25 April 1903
Sponsored by	Miss C. M. Peabody
Commissioned	19 January 1905
Decommissioned	28 September 1927
Renamed	Pueblo, 9 September 1916
Reclassified	CA-7, 17 July 1920
Identification	Hull symbol: ACR-7 Hull symbol: CA-7
Fate	Sold for scrap, 2 October 1930
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser
Displacement	13,680 long tons (13,900 t) (standard) 15,138 long tons (15,381 t) (full load)
Length	504 ft (154 m) oa 502 ft (153 m) pp
Beam	69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draft	24 ft 1 in (7.34 m) (mean)
Installed power	32 × Niclausse boilers 23,000 ihp (17,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines 2 × screws
Speed	22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph) 22.24 kn (41.19 km/h; 25.59 mph) (Speed on Trials)
Complement	80 officers 745 enlisted 64 Marines
Armament	4 × 8 in (203 mm)/40 caliber Mark 5 breech-loading (BL) rifles(2×2) 14 × 6 in (152 mm)/50 cal Mark 6 BL rifles 18 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal rapid-fire guns 12 × 3-pounder (47 mm (1.9 in)) Driggs-Schroeder guns 2 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) Driggs-Schroeder saluting guns 2 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor	Belt: 6 in (152 mm) (top & waterline) 5 in (127 mm) (bottom) Deck: 1+1⁄2 in (38 mm) - 6 in (amidships) 4 in (102 mm) (forward & aft) Barbettes: 6 in Turrets: 6 - 6+1⁄2 in (165 mm) Conning Tower: 9 in (229 mm)
General characteristics (Pre-1911 Refit)[1]
Installed power	16 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Armament	4 × 8 in/45 cal Mark 6 BL rifles (2×2) 14 × 6 in/50 cal Mark 6 BL rifles 18 × 3 in/50 cal rapid-fire guns 4 × 3-pounder (47 mm) Driggs-Schroeder saluting guns 2 × 18 in torpedo tubes
General characteristics (Pre-1921 Refit)[2]
Armament	4 × 8 in/45 cal Mark 6 BL rifles (2×2) 14 × 6 in/50 cal Mark 6 BL rifles 10 × 3 in/50 cal rapid-fire guns 2 × 3 in/50 caliber anti-aircraft guns 4 × 3-pounder (47 mm) Driggs-Schroeder saluting guns 2 × 18 in torpedo tubes

USS Colorado (ACR-7), also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 7", and renamed USS Pueblo (CA-7) in 1916, was a United States Navy Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser. She was the second US Navy ship named Colorado, and the first to be named after the State of Colorado. The first, Colorado, was named for the Colorado River.^[3]