Colorado-Class Battleship

The Colorado class introduced 16-inch guns into the American standard-type battleship lineage. Colorado, Maryland, and West Virginia served through the Second World War, while Washington was canceled under treaty arrangements. Their wartime usefulness included shore bombardment and fleet support, with reconstruction and anti-aircraft improvements creating important differences between early and later appearances. West Virginia’s rebuilding after Pearl Harbor produced a particularly substantial visual change, while other class members followed different modernization paths. Shared design ancestry consequently coexisted with substantial differences in individual ships’ weapons, protection, superstructures, and equipment after rebuilding. The same ships moved from interwar battle-line expectations into wartime operations increasingly dominated by aircraft, submarines, and support of landings.

Finish and color

Supplied unpainted and printed in the selected color. Choose from the available product color options.

Tabletop use

Suitable for period-appropriate custom scenarios in the Global War series of games by Historical Board Gaming and compatible Axis & Allies games. Use suitable scenario or house rules for unit statistics and any technology upgrades. This piece does not supply additional game rules.

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