USS Pueblo (CA-7)

USS Colorado (ACR-7), port side view September 1907.
History
United States
Name:	Colorado (1903–1916) Pueblo (1916–1930)
Namesake:	State of Colorado City of Pueblo, Colorado
Ordered:	7 June 1900
Awarded:	10 January 1901
Builder:	William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cost:	$3,780,000 (contract price of hull and machinery)
Laid down:	25 April 1901
Launched:	25 April 1903
Sponsored by:	Miss C. M. Peabody
Commissioned:	19 January 1905
Decommissioned:	28 September 1927
Renamed:	Pueblo, 9 September 1916
Reclassified:	CA-7, 17 July 1920
Identification:	Hull symbol: ACR-7 Hull symbol: CA-7
Fate:	sold for scrap, 2 October 1930
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type:	Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser
Displacement:	13,680 long tons (13,900 t) (standard) 15,138 long tons (15,381 t) (full load)
Length:	504 ft (154 m) oa 502 ft (153 m) pp
Beam:	69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draft:	24 ft 1 in (7.34 m) (mean)
Installed power:	32 × Niclausse boilers 23,000 ihp (17,000 kW)
Propulsion:	2 × vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines 2 × screws
Speed:	22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph) 22.24 kn (41.19 km/h; 25.59 mph) (Speed on Trials)
Complement:	80 officers 745 enlisted 64 Marines
Armament:	4 × 8 in (203 mm)/40 caliber Mark 5 breech-loading (BL) rifles(2×2) 14 × 6 in (152 mm)/50 cal Mark 6 BL rifles 18 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal rapid-fire guns 12 × 3-pounder (47 mm (1.9 in)) Driggs-Schroeder guns 2 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) Driggs-Schroeder saluting guns 2 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor:	Belt: 6 in (152 mm) (top & waterline) 5 in (127 mm) (bottom) Deck: 1 1⁄2 in (38 mm) - 6 in (amidships) 4 in (102 mm) (forward & aft) Barbettes: 6 in Turrets: 6 - 6 1⁄2 in (165 mm) Conning Tower: 9 in (229 mm)
General characteristics (Pre-1911 Refit)
Installed power:	16 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Armament:	4 × 8 in/45 cal Mark 6 BL rifles (2×2) 14 × 6 in/50 cal Mark 6 BL rifles 18 × 3 in/50 cal rapid-fire guns 4 × 3-pounder (47 mm) Driggs-Schroeder saluting guns 2 × 18 in torpedo tubes
General characteristics (Pre-1921 Refit)
Armament:	4 × 8 in/45 cal Mark 6 BL rifles (2×2) 14 × 6 in/50 cal Mark 6 BL rifles 10 × 3 in/50 cal rapid-fire guns 2 × 3 in/50 caliber anti-aircraft guns 4 × 3-pounder (47 mm) Driggs-Schroeder saluting guns 2 × 18 in torpedo tubes

The second USS Colorado (ACR-7/CA-7), also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 7", and later renamed Pueblo, was a United States Navy Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser.

She was launched on 25 April 1903 by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia; sponsored by Miss C. M. Peabody, and commissioned on 19 January 1905, Captain D. Kennedy in command.

Joining the Atlantic Fleet on 11 October 1905, Colorado trained and took part in drills along the east coast and in the Caribbean — as well as participating in ceremonies – until 7 September 1906, when she sailed for duty on the Asiatic Station. After cruising to Japan and China to represent American interests in the Far East, she returned to the west coast on 27 September 1907 for exercises along the Californian and Mexican coasts, in the Hawaiian Islands, and off Central and South America. She served again in the Far East from September 1909 – February 1910.

Ceremonial visits and receptions for dignitaries highlighted the next two years, and from November 1911 – July 1912, Colorado returned to the Far East for duty. Between August and November, she sailed to land and support expeditionary troops at Corinto, Nicaragua, then patrolled Mexican waters until placed in reduced commission at Puget Sound Navy Yard on 17 May 1913.

Once more in full commission from 9 February-26 September 1915, she continued on active duty as flagship of the Pacific Reserve Fleet, patrolling in Mexican waters during the revolution and then returned to reserve status.