USS Colorado (1856)
USS Colorado | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Colorado |
| Namesake | Colorado River |
| Builder | Norfolk Navy Yard |
| Laid down | 1856 |
| Launched | 19 June 1856 |
| Sponsored by | Ms. N. S. Dornin |
| Commissioned | 13 March 1858 |
| Decommissioned | 8 June 1876 |
| Fate | Sold, 18 February 1885 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | none |
| Type | Screw frigate |
| Displacement | 3,425 long tons (3,480 t) |
| Length | 263 ft 8 in (80.37 m) |
| Beam | 52 ft 6 in (16.00 m) |
| Draft | 22 ft 1 in (6.73 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine |
| Sail plan | Three masts |
| Speed | 9 kn (10 mph; 17 km/h) |
| Complement | 674 officers and men |
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| General characteristics 1864 | |
| Class & type | none |
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| General characteristics 1871 | |
| Class & type | none |
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The first USS Colorado, a 3,400-long-ton (3,500 t), three-masted steam screw frigate, was launched on 19 June 1856, by the Norfolk Navy Yard. Named after the Colorado River, she was sponsored by Ms. N. S. Dornin, and commissioned on 13 March 1858, with Captain W. H. Gardner, in command. She was the fifth of the Franklin-class frigates, which were all named after US rivers, except for Franklin.