Sometimes known as the “Battleship That Wasn’t There,” the USS Colorado (BB-45) was one of the nine active battleships serving in the Pacific Fleet on December 7, 1941. While eight ...

The USS Colorado (BB-45) was undergoing overhaul at the Puget Sound Navy Yard when Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor opened the Pacific War. She was stationed on the U.S. West Coast during March – August ...

During World War I it got a name change, and that freed up the moniker to go on the third USS Colorado -- a battleship in World War II that even joined the search for Amelia Earhart. When it ...