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NEW ARMORED CRUISERS
SIX OF THE MOST IMPROVED DESIGN TO BE BUILT AT ONCE.
DETAILED PLANS FOR THE VESSELS TO BE NAMED WEST VIRGINIA, NEBRASKA, CALIFORNIA, MARYLAND, COLORADO AND SOUTH DAKOTA. |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from New-York Tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 02 December 1900, Image 21, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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ARMORED CRUISER COLORADO LAUNCHED
Miss Cora May Peabody, Daughter of Governor Peabody, Bestows Name on Fighting Craft |
Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation.
Photo from The Evening World. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 24 April 1903, Night Edition, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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THE UNITED STATES CRUISER COLORADO (ACR 7) AS SHE WILL LOOK WHEN COMPLETED |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from New-York Tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 26 April 1903, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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TRIAL WAS A SUCCESS
The Cruiser Colorado (ACR 7) Averaged 22.26 Knots.
CAPT. DAYTON'S REPORT
SOME CHARACTERTICS OF THE NEW WARSHIP.
Provided With a Double Bottom for Nearly Its Entire Length and Carried Up to the Protective Deck
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Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 25 October 1904, Image 13, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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Forward Deck of the Cruiser Colorado on Her Trial Trip.
So superb was the peformanee of the new armored cruiser Colorado (ACR 7) on her speed test.....that Admiral Dewey has asked that the vessel be designated as his flagship on maneuvres of the combined squadron.
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Image and text provided by Digital Library of Georgia, a project of GALILEO located at the University of Georgia Libraries.
Photo from The Savannah Morning News. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 29 October 1904, Image 9, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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AMERICAN, MAN-OF-WAR SAILS FOR VENEZUELA
Hurried Departure of Cruiser Colorado (ACR 7) |
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA.
Photo from The San Francisco Call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 20 March 1905, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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Colorado (ACR 7) - Fine screen
halftone reproduction of a photograph of the ship at anchor in a harbor,
1905. Copied from "The New Navy of the United States", by N.L.
Stebbins, New York, 1912).
Donation of David Shadell, 1987.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 103624.
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Tony Cowart |
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THE CRUISER COLORADO
The Campaign for funds to purchase a silver service for the cruiser Colorado (ACR 7) is now in progress throughout the state. The sum of $7,500 will be required, and it is being raised by small contributions, from 10 cents up to $ l. |
Image and text provided by History Colorado.
Photo from Rocky Ford Enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 20 April 1906, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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Colorado (ACR 7) photographed
circa 1905-1906 by C.E. Waterman, probably while anchored in Hampton Roads,
Virginia.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 94583.
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Colorado (ACR 7) photograph taken
circa 1905-1908, and published on a color-tinted postal card by Edward
H. Mitchell, San Francisco, California.
Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN (Retired), 1983.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 101233-KN.
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Tony Cowart |
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"Morning Colors" on the quarterdeck, while the
ship was anchored in the Hudson River off New York City, circa 1905-1906.
Courtesy of Robert O'Mara, 1982. The photograph was taken by his Great-Grandfather.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 93677.
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Tony Cowart |
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Anchored in the Hudson River off New York City, circa 1905-1906.
Judging by the boat wake visible in the foreground, this photograph was
probably taken right after that seen in Photo # NH 93677.
Courtesy of Robert O'Mara, 1982. The photograph was taken by his Great-Grandfather.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 93678.
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Tony Cowart |
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In a harbor, circa 1905-1908.
Donation of the Boston National Historical Park (Charlestown Navy Yard),
1979-1980.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 103796.
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Tony Cowart |
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A card commemorating the Far East cruse of Colorado
(ACR 7). This was the first Asiatic Fleet deployment
by U.S. armored cruisers and along with Colorado, included
Maryland (ACR 8) ,
West Virginia (ACR 5) and
Pennsylvania ((ACR 4). |
Robert M. Cieri |
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The itinerary of Far East cruse of Colorado (Armored
Cruiser No. 7). This was the first Asiatic Fleet deployment by U.S.
armored cruisers and along with Colorado, included
Maryland (ACR 8) ,
West Virginia (ACR 5) and
Pennsylvania (ACR 4). |
Robert M. Cieri |
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Underway in Manila Bay, Philippines, in 1906. She was accompanied by her
sister Armored Cruisers Maryland,
West Virginia and Pennsylvania
on this first major Asiatic Fleet deployment by U.S. armored cruisers.
Donation of F.M. Deats, 1963.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Tony Cowart |
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Photo Caption:
"A FLOCK OF UNCLE SAM'S PEACE DOVES AT THE BROOKLYN NAVY-YARD
The work of preparing the warships for their 13,000-mile voyage into
the Pacific, and of keeping of all other vessels in the highest state
of efficiency, is being prosecuted with all possible dispatch at all
of the United States Naval Stations."
In the photo - Battleship INDIANA
(upper left), Armored Cruiser PENNSYLVANIA
(middle left), Armored Cruiser COLORADO (top center), Battleship
ALABAMA
(Center), Armored Cruiser MARYLAND
(left), and Armored Cruiser WEST
VIRGINIA (foreground).
Library of Congress Reproduction Number LC-USZ62-66021
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Tom Kermen |
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Port side underway, September 1907.
National Archives Image # (19-N-6-10-11)
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Battleship Nebraska's football Team Beats Colorado's Men
Stars of yesterday's football game between the teams of the battleship Nebraska (BB-14) and the cruiser Colorado (ACR 7) for the championship of the Pacific station as they appeared in action. The photograph shows Soule of the Nebraska team (with back turned), receiving a long forward pass. Montgomery has just spilled a probable tackler (at the left) and Bokien is running in to form interference for Soule.
Struggle of Naval Stars on Gridiron Wins Support for Revised American Game
In a spectacular game on California field at Berkeley yesterday afternoon, the crack football eleven of the battleship Nebraska overwhelmed its rival of the cruiser Colorado by a decisive score of 39 to 0, winning the championship of the Pacific station, and demonstrating to the lovers of the old American intercollegiate game the possibilities of play under the new rules. |
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA.
Photo from The San Francisco Call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 26 December 1907, Image 10, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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In a harbor, circa 1908. Note that her name is displayed
in large letters above her pilothouse.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 55269.
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Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken circa 1908 by
Weidner, San Francisco, California. The original print was a postal card.
Note the ship's name in large letters above her pilothouse.
Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN(MSC), 1974.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 80766.
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Tony Cowart |
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In Dry Dock 3, on Blocks t the New York Navy Yard, .
Photographed by E.L. Meyer, Seattle, Washington.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 94581.
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In dry dock at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington,
circa 1908.
Photographed by E.L. Meyer, Seattle, Washington.
Note the men posing on Colorado's starboard screw.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Tony Cowart |
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THE ARMORED CRUISER COLORADO AND ITS CREW
CRUISER COLORADO IS ASHORE AT DUNCENESS
One of the Big Four Ships Gets Astray in a Northern Fog and Grounds on a Projecting Spit.
PORT ANGELES, Washington, June 14. The armored cruiser Colorado (ACR 7), Captain Edmund B. Underwood, eighteen guns, has gone ashore in a fog at Dungeness Spit, in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. |
Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI.
Photo from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 14 June 1908, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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BIG CRUISER GOES ON ROCKS IN DENSE FOG NEAR DOUBLE BLUFF
At 4:47 this afternoon the armored cruiser Colorado (ACR 7), propelled by her own steam, backed from a grounding on the beach near Liplip Point, Puget sound, where she had poked her steel bow between monster boulders seven hours before. |
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA.
Photo from Los Angeles Herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 16 August 1908, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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Colorado (ACR 7) Underway, 10
JUN 1913.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 55268.
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Tony Cowart |
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From a postcard - Starboard bow view, 1913. |
Paul E. Petosky |
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In a harbor, probably on the Pacific Coast, circa 1916.
This ship was renamed Pueblo in November of that year.
The original image was printed on postal card ("AZO") stock.
Collection of Thomas P. Naughton, 1973.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 92176.
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Tony Cowart |
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Pueblo (ACR 7) - Halftone reproduction of
a photograph of the ship, taken circa 1919. It was published in 1919
as one of ten images in a "Souvenir Folder" concerning
Pueblo. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 104462.
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Robert Hurst |
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Starboard View, 1919. |
Larry Bonn |
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Arriving at New York from France with several thousand American veterans
on board, 22 February 1919. Most of the men were from the 161st Infantry
of the Sunset Division, while many others were casuals from New York.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 55270.
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Tony Cowart |
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WWI era ships postcard. |
Tommy Trampp |
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Commanding
Officers
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| Name/Rank |
Class |
Final Rank |
Dates |
| Kennedy Jr., Duncan, CAPT |
1868 |
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01/19/1905 - |
| Staunton, Sidney Augustus, CAPT |
1871 |
RADM |
03/27/1907 |
| Moore, Charles Brainard Taylor, CAPT |
1873 |
ADM |
12/21/1908 - 11/28/1909 |
| Bierer, Bion Barnett, LCDR (O-in-Ch) |
1891 |
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11/28/1909 - 01/26/1910 |
| Nelson, Valentine Sevier, CAPT |
1871 |
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01/26/1910 - 07/02/1910 |
| Bierer, Bion Barnett, LCDR (O-in-Ch) |
1891 |
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07/02/1910 - 08/06/1910 |
| Gill, William Andrew, CAPT |
1879 |
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08/06/1910 |
| Gilmer, William Wirt, CAPT |
1895 |
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12/10/1912 |
| Decommissioned |
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05/17/1913 - 02/09/1915 |
| Griswold, Ralph Mancill, LCDR |
1902 |
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02/09/1915 - 05/29/1915 |
| MacFall, Roscoe Conkling, LT |
1905 |
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09/14/1915 - 12/06/1915 |
| Tozer, Charles Maxon, CDR |
1896 |
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12/06/1915 - 06/13/1916 |
| Trench, Martin Edward, CDR |
1893 |
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06/13/1916 - 09/12/1916 |
| Cole, William Carey, CAPT |
1889 |
RADM |
09/12/1916 - 04/29/1917 |
| Williams, George Washington, CAPT |
1890 |
RADM |
04/29/1917 - 11/22/1917 |
| Murfin, Orin Gould, CAPT |
1897 |
ADM |
11/22/1917 - 09/06/1918 |
| Dayton, John Havens, CAPT |
1890 |
RADM |
06/06/1918 - 09/06/1918 |
| Upham, Frank Brooks, CAPT |
1893 |
RADM |
09/06/1918 - |
| Decommissioned |
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09/22/1919 - 04/02/1921 |
| Royall, Hilary, Herbert, CAPT |
1899 |
VADM |
04/22/1921 - |
| Stone, George Loring Porter, CAPT |
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VADM |
06/20/1923 - 06/11/1924 |
| McCloy, Thomas Shore, LCDR |
1911 |
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06/11/1924 |
| Hill, Harry Wilber, LCDR |
1911 |
VADM |
06/10/1926 - 09/28/1927 |
