Talk:USS Colorado (BB-45)
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Website
editI found a website dedicated to this ship.
http://www.usscolorado.org/History/history.htm
Might it be of any use to the article?
5 inch guns
editFriedman, on p 368 of US Battleships says the 5in/25 were not replaced by 5in/38 but only shielded. The photographs on that page seem to bear this out. Anyone have a definitive answer?
Subspace1250 (talk) 06:49, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
Agree. The error is in Breyer; he seems to have mistaken the shielded 5”/25 for 5”/38,Brooksindy (talk) 20:31, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
Chronology
editEarly WWII chronology appears garbled. 71.83.153.74 (talk) 20:45, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
- G'day, yes specifically "The work was completed by 31 March 1942..." sentence appearing after "On 31 May, she and Maryland patrolled near Golden Gate Bridge to protect San Francisco from any Japanese attack...". I attempted to fix this while copyediting this article previously, but it was changed back with this edit: [1]. I am not certain why it was reverted, but will not make the change again as I potentially got it wrong. I will ping the GA nominator. @Tomandjerry211: G'day, are you able to address this issue? Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk) 01:16, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
Grounding in 1927
editThe Wikipedia entry says the grounding was on the Diamond Shoals of North Carolina, with references to articles in the Times (London). I’m not able to check those Times articles to confirm they say the North Carolina location. However, several American newspapers (New York Times, Washington Evening Star, New Britain [Connecticut] Herald) all cite, at the time and with photos, the ship grounded in New York harbor, on the Diamond Reef near Governors Island. This was an important event for the USS Colorado, so it deserves a close look to have the correct entry. WanderingGator (talk) 02:30, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
- Pinging @Mdnavman:, who added the lines a while back. Can you double check what The Times articles say? I'd guess they mistook the Diamond Reef for Diamond Shoals. Parsecboy (talk) 12:45, 9 February 2022 (UTC)