Colorado

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Colorado — American Tier VII battleship.

The final series of "conventional" battleships for the U.S. Navy, characterized by robust armor protection of vital ship components. The primary distinction from her predecessors was the adoption of 406 mm main guns. Upon her commissioning, USS Colorado joined the battle fleet stationed on the West Coast. During the Pacific War, the battleship provided fire support for landing operations in the Marshall and Mariana Islands, and she assisted landings in the Philippines and Okinawa.

Modules

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Dispersion (m)	Maximum HE Shell Damage (HP)	Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell (%)	Maximum AP Shell Damage (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
406 mm/45 Mk.5 in a turret	2	45	231	5,700	36	12,400		0	560,000

	Hit Points (HP)	Armor (mm)	Armor (mm)	Main Turrets (pcs.)	Secondary Gun Turrets (pcs.)	AA Mounts (pcs.)	Torpedo Tubes (pcs.)	Hangar Capacity (pcs.)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Colorado (A)	49,000	16	457	4	8/8	38/8/8				0	680,000
Colorado (B)	59,300	16	457	4	8/8	37/3/8				25,000	1,900,000

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Mk7 mod. 1		0		0	330,000
Mk7 mod. 2		0		9,000	700,000

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 27,000 hp	18.6		0	180,000
Propulsion: 28,900 hp	21		6,000	400,000

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4

Player Opinion

Performance

The very pinnacle of the American dreadnought and one of the Big Seven, the Colorado is the last ship of this type you will be in within the US battleship line and you might say that she is one very tasking ship. A massive departure of the other two super dreadnoughts New York and New Mexico, the Colorado, despite being often jeered by some as "Craporado" and "Cringerado" due to her agonizing research run and adverse ergonomics to those that are not used to the more punishing handling of this dreadnought compared to her standard type predecessors, behaves more like a close-in brawler, slowly closing the gap with other battleships with her thick armor as she can NOT unload shells very far unless you install a range upgrade mod. As you do this, be very aware of your surroundings such as torpedoes or bombers of any type because even with her sound torpedo bulge and decently tough armor, her health is lower than her contemporary, Nagato, or even lower tier battleships like Kongo. If you do get close, however, you will find it easier to deal with cruisers or other battleships as your expected range where you are most effective in smashing other ships is 14 km below instead of relying on your maximum range for it and the armor is here to take a lot of punishment for you to move in and dictate the gun line to your terms. Colorado is the last in the line of Standard-type dreadnoughts, and her successor, North Carolina, will have a very different play style.

Pros:

All-or-nothing armor: she has the same solid 343mm (13.5 inch) thick all-or-nothing armor layout as New Mexico, being easy to angle and providing a large immune zone
Good gun characteristics: she has good damage and penetration on guns including overmatching all 25mm battleship hull armor, as well as a reasonably tight shell grouping
Powerful AA guns: modernized hull's AA suite will shred mid-tier squadrons, making Colorado an unappealing casual target or flyover
Decent maneuverability: her tight turning circle will make evading torpedoes easier
Equipping the Artillery Plotting Room modification upgrade can reduce the range gap with her Japanese and German tier counterpart
Fighter seaplane is available to replace spotting planes to enhance AA defense

Cons:

Poor stock configuration and long grind; her 1921 WW1 stock hull has almost no AA, a poor rudder shift, speed, and poor range and gun characteristics, making her grind a very punishing experience
Poor gun range on the ship: she will still be outranged by her counterparts Nagato and Gneisenau even when mounting the artillery plotting room module although against her German counterpart she's barely outranged, and her gun range is within her surface detection range without camo if you chose not to mount said equipment
Very low mobility: she retains the sluggish 21kt speed of her predecessors characteristic of pre-WWII dreadnoughts
Low health pool: her HP is worse than Nagato, Gneisenau, her fellow standard New Mexico, and even the Tier V Kongo
Low number of guns: having four less guns than her predecessor, being accurate in making your shots is much more important
Poor close-quarters defense: her secondary armament pales in comparison to Nagato

Research

Despite how slow this ship is stock, you should be used to that by the time you get the Colorado. The first Hull upgrade is HIGHLY recommended to be researched first as it not only gives you the standard HP increase, good AA rating, and rudder shift time, but it also gives you WWII era shells. These shells not only do more damage, but the AP ammo seems to have better penetration values as well. After getting the first hull upgrade, the Propulsion upgrade is recommended since even with the upgrade every ship at her tier is faster than her. After than, you have the option of either the fire control or the C hull. The fire control gives her a firing range the same as her spotting distance, but bear in mind this ship is not very accurate at long ranges. The C hull will not only increase your AA to a very respectable amount for tier 7, but also increases the minimum armor on her citadel, which should further increase the effectiveness of armor angling.

As for upgrades, It is recommended that you mount Artillery Plotting Room Modification 1 to increase her main battery range which is highly recommended if you cannot stand her low range, Damage Control System modification 2 to accelerate repair and extinguishment of fire as you won't always have your Damage Control Party available, and Steering Gears modification 2 to reduce her rudder shift time.

Gallery

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Netherlands	X Willem de Eerste
U.S.A.	III South Carolina • IV Wyoming • IV Arkansas Beta • V New York • V Oklahoma • V Texas • VI New Mexico • VI Arizona • VI W. Virginia '41 • VII Colorado • VII Florida • VII West Virginia '44 • VII California • VII Colorado 2 • VIII North Carolina • VIII Kansas • VIII Nebraska • VIII Alabama • VIII Massachusetts • VIII Alabama VL • VIII Constellation • VIII Massachusetts B • VIII Alabama ST • VIII Tennessee • VIII North Carolina CLR • VIII Alabama B • VIII Volunteer State • VIII North Carolina 2 • IX Iowa • IX Minnesota • IX Delaware • IX Missouri • IX Kearsarge • IX Illinois • IX Kearsarge B • IX Georgia • IX AL Kearsarge • IX Iowa 2 • X Montana • X Vermont • X Louisiana • X Ohio • X Oregon • X Rhode Island • X Wisconsin • X BA Montana • X [[Ship:[Montana]\|[Montana]]] • X Montana 2 • X Utah • ★ Maine
Commonwealth	VII Yukon • X Irresistible
Europe	V Viribus Unitis • VII Lugdunum • IX Karl XIV Johan • IX Niord
Germany	III Nassau • III Von der Tann • III König Albert • IV Kaiser • IV Moltke • V König • V Derfflinger • VI Bayern • VI Mackensen • VI Prinz Eitel Friedrich • VII Gneisenau • VII Prinz Heinrich • VII Scharnhorst • VII AL Prinz Heinrich • VII Scharnhorst B • VII Scharnhorst '43 • VIII Tirpitz • VIII Bismarck • VIII Zieten • VIII Odin • VIII Brandenburg • VIII Anhalt • VIII Brandenburg B • VIII Tirpitz B • VIII BA Tirpitz • VIII Odin TE • VIII AL Bismarck • IX Friedrich der Grosse • IX Prinz Rupprecht • IX Pommern • IX Pommern B • IX Prinz Sigismund • X Grosser Kurfürst • X Schlieffen • X Preussen • X Mecklenburg • X [[Ship:[Grosser Kurfürst]\|[Grosser Kurfürst]]] • ★ Hannover
U.S.S.R.	III Knyaz Suvorov • IV Imperator Nikolai I • IV Gangut • V Pyotr Velikiy • V Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya • VI Izmail • VI Novorossiysk • VII Sinop • VII Poltava • VII Arkhangelsk • VIII Vladivostok • VIII Lenin • VIII Borodino • VIII V. I. Lenin • VIII Borodino TE • IX Sovetsky Soyuz • IX Navarin • IX AL Sov. Rossiya • IX Zarya Svobody • X Kremlin • X Slava • X Sibir • ★ Admiral Ushakov
Italy	IV Dante Alighieri • V Conte di Cavour • V Giulio Cesare • VI Andrea Doria • VII Francesco Caracciolo • VIII Vittorio Veneto • VIII Roma • VIII AL Littorio • VIII Marcantonio Colonna • IX Lepanto • IX Marco Polo • IX Giuseppe Verdi • X Cristoforo Colombo • X Ruggiero di Lauria • X Sicilia • X Amerigo Vespucci
Pan-America	V Rio de Janeiro • VIII Ipiranga • VIII Atlântico • IX Los Andes • IX Valparaíso • X Libertad • X Comodoro
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Pan-Asia	VII Teng She • IX Bajie • IX Wujing • IX Sun Yat-Sen • IX Louchuan • IX Xuan Wu • IX Taihang
Spain	IX Victoria

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-The very pinnacle of the American dreadnought and one of the Big Seven, the Colorado is the last ship of this type you will be in within the US battleship line and you might say that she is one very tasking ship. A massive departure of the other two super dreadnoughts [[Ship:New_York|New York]] and [[Ship:New_Mexico|New Mexico]], the Colorado, despite being often jeered by some as "Craporado" and "Cringerado" due to her agonizing research run and adverse ergonomics to those that are not used to the more punishing handling of this dreadnought compared to her standard type predecessors, behaves more like a close-in brawler, slowly closing the gap with other battleships with her thick armor as she can '''NOT''' unload shells very far unless you install a range upgrade mod. As you do this, be very aware of your surroundings such as torpedoes or bombers of any type because even with her sound torpedo bulge and decent armor, her health is lower than her contemporary, [[Ship:Nagato|Nagato]], or even lower tier battleships like [[Ship:Kongo|Kongo]]. If you do get close, however, you will find it easier to deal with cruisers or other battleships as your expected range where you are most effective in smashing other ships is 14 km below instead of relying on your maximum range for it and the armor is here to take a lot of punishment for you to move in and dictate the gun line to your terms. Colorado is the last in the line of Standard-type dreadnoughts, and her successor, [[Ship:North_Carolina|North Carolina]], will have a very different play style.
+The very pinnacle of the American dreadnought and one of the Big Seven, the Colorado is the last ship of this type you will be in within the US battleship line and you might say that she is one very tasking ship. A massive departure of the other two super dreadnoughts [[Ship:New_York|New York]] and [[Ship:New_Mexico|New Mexico]], the Colorado, despite being often jeered by some as "Craporado" and "Cringerado" due to her agonizing research run and adverse ergonomics to those that are not used to the more punishing handling of this dreadnought compared to her standard type predecessors, behaves more like a close-in brawler, slowly closing the gap with other battleships with her thick armor as she can '''NOT''' unload shells very far unless you install a range upgrade mod. As you do this, be very aware of your surroundings such as torpedoes or bombers of any type because even with her sound torpedo bulge and decently tough armor, her health is lower than her contemporary, [[Ship:Nagato|Nagato]], or even lower tier battleships like [[Ship:Kongo|Kongo]]. If you do get close, however, you will find it easier to deal with cruisers or other battleships as your expected range where you are most effective in smashing other ships is 14 km below instead of relying on your maximum range for it and the armor is here to take a lot of punishment for you to move in and dictate the gun line to your terms. Colorado is the last in the line of Standard-type dreadnoughts, and her successor, [[Ship:North_Carolina|North Carolina]], will have a very different play style.
 |Pros=<!-- write list of positive points below. use * as in ordinary wiki-list. -->
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 * Powerful AA guns: modernized hull's AA suite will shred mid-tier squadrons, making Colorado an unappealing casual target or flyover
 * Decent maneuverability: her tight turning circle will make evading torpedoes easier
-* Equipping the Artillery Plotting Room modification upgrade can reduce the range gap with her Japanese tier counterpart
+* Equipping the Artillery Plotting Room modification upgrade can reduce the range gap with her Japanese and German tier counterpart
 * Fighter seaplane is available to replace spotting planes to enhance AA defense
 |Cons=<!-- write list of negative points below. use * as in ordinary wiki-list. -->
 * Poor stock configuration and long grind; her 1921 WW1 stock hull has almost no AA, a poor rudder shift, speed, and poor range and gun characteristics, making her grind a very punishing experience
-* Poor gun range on the ship: she will still be outranged by her counterpart Nagato even when mounting the artillery plotting room module, and her gun range is within her surface detection range without camo if you chose not to mount said equipment
+* Poor gun range on the ship: she will still be outranged by her counterparts Nagato and Gneisenau even when mounting the artillery plotting room module although against her German counterpart she's barely outranged, and her gun range is within her surface detection range without camo if you chose not to mount said equipment
-* Very low mobility: she retains the sluggish 21kt speed of her predecessors characteristic of pre-WWII US battleships
+* Very low mobility: she retains the sluggish 21kt speed of her predecessors characteristic of pre-WWII dreadnoughts
-* Low health pool: her HP is worse than Nagato, her fellow standard New Mexico, and even the Tier V [[Ship:Kongo|Kongo]]
+* Low health pool: her HP is worse than Nagato, Gneisenau, her fellow standard New Mexico, and even the Tier V [[Ship:Kongo|Kongo]]
 * Low number of guns: having four less guns than her predecessor, being accurate in making your shots is much more important
 * Poor close-quarters defense: her secondary armament pales in comparison to Nagato

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