Colorado

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Colorado — American Tier VII battleship.

The ship design is based on the Tennessee class but equipped with 406 mm/45-caliber twin-gun mounts. Upon entering service, USS Colorado was assigned to the battle fleet stationed on the West Coast of the United States. Colorado was stationed at Pearl Harbor from 1941; however, at the time when the surprise attack of December 7 took place, the battleship was undergoing an overhaul at Bremerton. The ship provided support for the assault landing on Tarawa, pre-invasion shelling and fire support for the invasions of Kwajalein and Eniwetok, and assisted the 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, 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, New Mexico, and Arizona, Colorado, despite being often jeered 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. Due to the atrocious acceleration of Colorado, it is STRONGLY recommended to be constantly aware of your position in relation to land masses as well as where enemies and allies are located, stopping in this ship is an almost guaranteed death sentence particularly without the top engine, as it becomes very hard to get moving again, especially if trying to go reverse.

As of the current iteration, the Colorado's previous WW1 hull has been removed, greatly aiding in the grind on the ship as you cannot suffer the problematic AA suite as well as the questionable hull.

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, also reloads 4 seconds faster than New Mexico.
Powerful AA guns: modernized hull's AA suite will shred mid-tier squadrons, making Colorado an unappealing casual target or flyover
stock hull has good steering response times
Equipping the Artillery Plotting Room modification upgrade can reduce the range gap with her Japanese and German tier counterparts
Fighter seaplane is available to replace spotting planes to enhance AA defense
Main battery's tight spread means it can severely damage, if not outright destroy, any ship at close range effectively
Repair Party heals 0.65% of maximum hit points per second, compared to the standard 0.5% hit points per second, partially compensating for the lower health pool.

Cons:

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 (though it is still better than the New Mexico's range).
Very low mobility: Feels even more sluggish compared to the New Mexico, also has atrocious acceleration without top engine, thus it is also very hard to stop and reverse while sailing her.
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 and Gneisenau
Extremely vulnerable to fires.

Research

Despite how slow this ship is stock, you should be used to that by the time you get 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 that, 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.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

Despite her shortcomings, Colorado is a surprisingly modular ship that can be focused on either her main guns, her secondaries, or even her AA.

Main Gun Build: While Colorado doesn't deal as much damage as Nagato, nor has the capabilities of Gneisenau and Scharnhorst, her main guns still have good performance, having a greater rate of fire than Nagato`s 410mm guns and dealing more damage than Gneisenau`s 380mm guns and Scharnhorst`s 283mm guns. To fully utilise these guns, taking Main Armaments Modification 1 to better protect her main armament is the best choice, and for slot 2, the unique American upgrade Artillery Plotting Room Modification 1 will give Colorado a much-needed range improvement that allows her to compete with her contemporaries better, and a small buff to her secondaries.

Secondary Build: Colorado has the best secondary armament performance tier-for-tier of the American battleships, with her top hull actually retaining a high number of secondaries that the earlier American battleships lose with their top hull upgrades. To focus on her secondaries, Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1 will make her secondaries twice as tough (and increase the toughness of her many AA guns), and for slot 2 Secondary Battery Modification 2 is the clear choice for any secondary build, both increasing her secondary's range and accuracy.

AA Build: Colorado`s strongest power over the other tier seven battleships is her extensive AA armament - she can get up to an AA rating of 87 with full AA specs and be exceptionally powerful against enemy planes. The only major difference between this and the secondary build is swapping Secondary Battery Modification 2 for AA Guns Modification 2 to give Colorado`s AA guns an exceptional range buff. This build makes Colorado pose a dangerous threat to enemy planes.

For the other two slots that goes with every build above, as with nearly all battleships Damage Control System Modification 1 for slot 3, as Colorado`s steering and engines will almost never be taken out, and Damage Control System Modification 2 for slot 4 to reduce the duration of fires and floods - fires especially, as Colorado is painted with AA guns and will catch fire very easily.

Commander Skills

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Endurance		Attack		Support		Versatility
1	Priority Target Situational Awareness indicator will show the number of opponents currently aiming at you with main battery guns. ★★	Preventative Maintenance -30% to the risk of incapacitation of main turrets, torpedo tubes, steering gear, engines. ★	Expert Loader -50% to reload time when shell type is switched. ★	Air Supremacy -5% aircraft restoration time.	Direction Center for Fighters +1 fighter to carrier fighter squadrons or catapult fighters.	Improved Engine Boost +10% Aircraft engine boost time.	Incoming Fire Alert Indicator of long-range enemy artillery fire. ★	Last Gasp Completely restores the engine boost for the last attack flight of the carrier's planes.
2	High Alert -10% to reload time of Damage Control Party consumable. ★★	Jack of All Trades -5% to reload time of all consumables. ★★	Expert Marksman +2.5 deg/sec to traverse speed of guns with a caliber up to 139mm. +0.7 deg/sec to traverse speed of guns with a caliber above 139mm. ★★★	Torpedo Acceleration +5 knots to torpedo speed. -20% to torpedo range.	Smoke Screen Expert +20% to the radius of the smoke screen.	Improved Engines +2.5% Squadron speed.	Adrenaline Rush -0.2% to reload times of all types of armament for each 1% of total health lost. +0.2% squadron speed for each 1% of total health lost. ★	Last Stand The ship remains able to move and maneuver while the engine or steering gears are incapacitated.
3	Basics of Survivability -15% to time of repair, fire extinguishing, and recovery from flooding. ★★	Survivability Expert +350 ship HP for each ship tier. +15 aircraft HP for each ship tier.	Torpedo Armament Expertise -10% to reload time of torpedo tubes.	Aircraft Armor Reduces continuous damage to aircraft in all AA defense zones. -10% continuous damage.	Basic Firing Training -10% to reload time of main battery guns with a caliber up to and including 139mm and all secondary battery guns. +10% to continuous damage from AA guns. ★★★	Superintendent +1 additional charge to all consumables mounted on a ship. ★★★	Demolition Expert +2% chance of HE shells causing a fire on target. +1% chance of rockets causing a fire on target. +5% chance of HE bombs causing a fire on target. ★	Vigilance +25% to detection range of enemy torpedoes. ★
4	Manual Fire Control for Secondary Armament Tightens dispersion of shells from secondary batteries. -15% for Tier I-VI ships. -60% for Tier VII-X ships. Manually selected target only. ★★	Fire Prevention -10% to the risk of fire. The maximum number of fires on a ship is reduced to three. ★★	Inertia Fuse for HE Shells +30% to the armor penetration capacity of HE shells. -1% chance of fire on target caused by shells <=139mm. -3% chance of fire on target caused by shells >139mm.	Sight Stabilization Speeds up the aiming of a carrier's aircraft. +5% attack aircraft aiming speed. +5% torpedo bomber aiming speed. +10% dive bomber aiming speed.	Advanced Firing Training +20% to firing range of main battery guns with a caliber up to 139mm and all secondary battery guns. +15% damage/sec. within the explosion radius of shells fired from long-range AA defenses. ★★★	Massive AA Fire Instantaneous Damage +100%. Priority AA sector cooldown +50%.	Radio Position Finding Shows the direction to the nearest enemy ship. The enemy is alerted that a bearing has been taken.	Concealment Expert -10% to the detection radius of all ships and aircraft. ★★
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful ★★ - Frequently Useful ★ - Occasionally Useful No stars - Meh Χ - Not recommended

Consumables

Players can equip the following consumables on Colorado: Damage Control Party, Repair Party, and a choice between Spotting Aircraft and Catapult Fighter. It is strongly recommended to take the Premium versions of Damage Control Party and Repair Party to maximize surviveability. Given Colorado’s limited range, prioritising the Spotting Aircraft over the Catapult Fighter will often give more benefit to Colorado.

Camouflage

Type 1, 2, or 5 camouflage can be equipped for credits; Types 2 or 5 are recommended at a minimum to reduce the accuracy of incoming shells.

Players who wish to spend doubloons can equip Colorado with Type 17 camouflage that lowers her detection radius, reduces the accuracy of incoming shells, reduces her repair costs, increases her credit earnings, and increases the amount of experience she earns.

Signals

As with all battleships, Colorado comes with 8 signal flag slots. The three most important flags are India Delta, Juliet Yankee Bissotwo and India Yankee; all of which will improve your surviveability. If the captain goes with the Secondary Build, the addition of Mike Yankee Soxisix will further improve the performance of Colorado’s secondaries. Alternatively, if the captain goes with the AA build, November Echo Setteseven will further improve Colorado’s AA array.

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-The very pinnacle of the American dreadnought and one of the Big Seven, ''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]]'',  ''Colorado'', despite being often jeered 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. Due to the atrocious acceleration of ''Colorado'', it is '''STRONGLY''' recommended to be constantly aware of your position in relation to land masses as well as where enemies and allies are located, stopping in this ship is an almost guaranteed death sentence particularly without the top engine, as it becomes very hard to get moving again, especially if trying to go reverse.
+The very pinnacle of the American dreadnought and one of the Big Seven, ''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]]'', ''[[New Mexico]]'', and ''[[Arizona]]'', ''Colorado'', despite being often jeered 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. Due to the atrocious acceleration of ''Colorado'', it is '''STRONGLY''' recommended to be constantly aware of your position in relation to land masses as well as where enemies and allies are located, stopping in this ship is an almost guaranteed death sentence particularly without the top engine, as it becomes very hard to get moving again, especially if trying to go reverse.
+As of the current iteration, the Colorado's previous WW1 hull has been removed, greatly aiding in the grind on the ship as you cannot suffer the problematic AA suite as well as the questionable hull.
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 * 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, also reloads 4 seconds faster than ''[[New Mexico]]''.
 * Powerful AA guns: modernized hull's AA suite will shred mid-tier squadrons, making ''Colorado'' an unappealing casual target or flyover
-* Non-stock Hulls have good steering response times
+* stock hull has good steering response times
 * Equipping the Artillery Plotting Room modification upgrade can reduce the range gap with her Japanese and German tier counterparts
 * Fighter seaplane is available to replace spotting planes to enhance AA defense
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-* Poor stock configuration and long grind; her 1921 WW1 stock hull has a very poor, if not near-nonexistent AA suite, 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 (though it is still better than the New Mexico's range).
 * Very low mobility: Feels even more sluggish compared to the New Mexico, also has atrocious acceleration without top engine, thus it is also very hard to stop and reverse while sailing her.
 * 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]]''
+* Poor close-quarters defense: her secondary armament pales in comparison to ''[[Nagato]]'' and Gneisenau
 * Extremely vulnerable to fires.

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