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The battleship Colorado was too old and slow
to run with the big boys in WWII. But she
found her place as a gun platform for pre
invasion shore bombardment on several major
landings in the Pacific. After the conquest
of Saipan in 7/44 the Navy moved on to
Tinian and Guam which were the next islands
to be wrested from the Japanese in the
Marianas. On 7/25/44 while pounding Tinian
an unknown battery of six 6" British guns
that the Japanese had moved there after
their conquest of Singapore opened up. The
Japanese gunners were Good, hammering the
Colorado with 22 hits in just a few minutes
and causing major damage. But once the
Colorado got their location her 16" guns
will pound the Japanese guns into oblivion
in short order. Tonight, Colorado will sail
the short distance to Saipan, tend to her
244 wounded men and bury her 39 dead, patch
things up a bit and be back on the Tinian
firing line by morning.
Nice little read about this not so famous
but worthy American battleship at the link
below.
Here
to run with the big boys in WWII. But she
found her place as a gun platform for pre
invasion shore bombardment on several major
landings in the Pacific. After the conquest
of Saipan in 7/44 the Navy moved on to
Tinian and Guam which were the next islands
to be wrested from the Japanese in the
Marianas. On 7/25/44 while pounding Tinian
an unknown battery of six 6" British guns
that the Japanese had moved there after
their conquest of Singapore opened up. The
Japanese gunners were Good, hammering the
Colorado with 22 hits in just a few minutes
and causing major damage. But once the
Colorado got their location her 16" guns
will pound the Japanese guns into oblivion
in short order. Tonight, Colorado will sail
the short distance to Saipan, tend to her
244 wounded men and bury her 39 dead, patch
things up a bit and be back on the Tinian
firing line by morning.
Nice little read about this not so famous
but worthy American battleship at the link
below.
Here
