Loading...Episode 42 of Know Your Ship! In this educational video I cover the Colorado class battleships of the United States Navy. These battleships were the first in the US Navy to be equipped with the 16″ guns. The last of the standard type battleships in the US Navy had quite a history being involved in two incredibly notable historical moments at Pearl Harbour and the Battle of the Surigao Strait. Anyways Captain’s sit back, relax and enjoy the story of the Colorado class battleships.
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Works Cited and Picture Citation
Norman Friedman’s US Battleships An Illustrated Design History.
Squadron Signal – 4003 – Warships in Action – US Battleships Part 1
Interview with Archie Kelley: East Carolina Manuscript Collection Oral History Interview #197 – https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/text/11262
Images in the Public Domain from Wikipedia
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Very good video. Thank you iChase.
BTW, regarding Artillery Plotting Room Modification 2, is this bugged or
not? Any official answer from WG so far as you know? Just heard you
mentioned it on last video but so far no answer anywhere…
Talk about a ship that did a 180 in World of warships. Went from garbage
scow to respectable. Glad I kept her.
How come the japanese had slightly larger guns?
This is such an interesting series iChase. Thanks for putting it together!!
8:54 Jesus… For all the help the Brits needed from us, the US, they sure
acted like a bunch of spoiled asshats when it came to the US modernization
of its Battleships.
Were I in command of BuORD back then, I would have said “Sure, we will
stop” – then I would have proceeded with North Carolina and Iowa
construction immediately.
IF the British were to raise a stink then? I would simply say to them
“HAHAAAH! Good luck with dem Nazis! We don’t have the proper landing craft,
or artillery to help you out right now. Maybe ask the Japanese whom have
ignored your Bullshit “Naval Treaty” designed to keep you as the most
powerful navy in the world, from the get go! Besides, you DID sell them the
Kongous!”
“Oh, so the Japanese are working with dem Nazis are they? Well, thanks to
your treaty, we are still busy building up new equipment. Good luck holding
the Nazis back, we may be another 2 to 3 years before we can help, Maybe
ask the Soviets?”
Why did the USN never consider 15in guns?
you might have convinced me to retry the colorado in warships again
Thank you for the series! The quality of these videos has risen
significantly since you stopped using pre-existing documentary footage and
started narrating them entirely yourself!
Very interesting!
Why scrap? Since it was the last standard type BB then it should be a great
museum ;-;
can we have the iron duke class please
chase i have a question how do you record your wows replay :D
I need to pause the video to calculate from inches to milimitres
Dammit Uncle Sam get the metrical decimal system!
Im on the fence with the lolorado, the 16″ guns make it alot of fun when
you’re top tier but fires are broken so its a pain in the ass to play
Even though i hate the colorado in game(as i remember her) i love them in
real life. Damn they are some sexy ships, i wish they coulda kept one.
you should do the New Mexico class. The Mississippi, stayed in service into
the late 60s and became a test bed for Guided missiles. Making her the
first BBG (battleship Guided Missile) in the world.
Great info Keep them coming.
Idea
Tier 7 US Premium Battleship
USS WEST VIRGINIA
Armed with sixteen 127mm thirtyeights, forty 40mm Bofors, and fifty 20mm
Oerlikons, this fiercely armed dreadnought makes any Zuiho or Ryujo captain
squirm in fear for their crews.
Also equipped with a much more advanced fire control system capable of
accurately hitting targets much more consistently than her sister COLORADO,
this warship would make mincemeat out of any Nagato that gets too close
See i really do like the colorado class, they are a pretty decent class
Hey that picture that said Parkersburg wv is my home town like+iChaseGaming
great vid it was awesome:)
Thank you for the very interesting video . My 2 uncles were on the
Maryland.
Takao class heavy cruiser
One question I have about the battle of Leyte gulf. Correct me if I’m wrong
but suragao strait isn’t very far from Samar so why didn’t Oldendorf move
his battleships to Samar in support of Taffy 3 the moment the Japanese
center force was spotted by Taffy 3? Yes it wouldn’t have been as heroic of
a story for USS Johnston and the rest of Taffy 3 but it just makes sense.
The Southern force was devestated and in retreat and I would’ve thought
Oldendorf as a Battleship admiral would’ve wanted to join in the fight
Josephus Daniels…. to me, a name that should forever be cursed by the
USN. One other thing he did – he eliminated any type of alcoholic beverages
on board USN ships, doing away with the crews daily ration of beer or rum,
being a devout member of the temperance movement which advocated
prohibition of any type of liquor or alcohol.
In the description you spelt Pearl Harbor with a u in harbor.
Can you please do a video on the South Carolina, Wyoming, Mahan, Farragut,
Clemson, Omaha, Cleveland, Pensacola, and New Orleans. Just a small list :)
need yamato or musashi
Man, the West Virginia’s story just give me the shivers. She’s almost like
a vengeful ghost that fought straight out of hell to get her due.
I think based on what west Virginia did, the Colorado in WoW should get an
optional D hull, which has the 16 5 inch AA and much better dispersion, out
doing the nagato by alot, so you know, wargaming if you’re listening this
an make people stop complaining about the Colorado being a steaming pile of
poop on the open sea, also give it 20 KM range and be accurate at the at
range pls
iChaseGaming do you think they will have the West Virginia in game with
upgraded range and AA, kind of like they did with the Texas?
Outstanding video as always chase. Hey if you ever plan to do a know your
ship video about the Japanese aircraft carriers (Akagi, Hiryu, Soryu or the
Shokaku class), let me know. I have a book that you can use as a source of
information for the video.
Is there any chance you could do a warship not from WW2 or 1 era, like a
modern one from Cold War?
lol, the JILLbert islands
Now I feel bad about selling her for North Carolina upgrades :(
Well done video.
Never mentions that it had 2x single tube 21inch torpedo tubes :p
Pls do the Modified Leander Class Light Cruiser (Please base it off HMAS
Perth)
Good video. I really enjoy these.
Chase, you should do an “Know Your Ships” episode but on gun caliber to
help shed some light on why WG thinks it is ok for 6in shells to out range
8in shell and in some cases shells up to 16in.
100th Year Anniversary of the Battle of Jutland will be on 31st of May.
Wargaming better plan something good.
The timing can’t be any better, just waiting for a week or 2 before buying
it on sale during the month event :D
I was effing pissed that the C-Hull didn’t have the 8 dual 5inch mounts…
Its monday: Booooh!
A new video by chase: YAY!
of course the west virginia hull isnt available in game -_-
This looks familiar… Oh yeah, live stream…. ;)
Ahhhhh… I needed this. Just finished taking the final from hell and this
served as a nice cheering up. Great video once again Chase! Very
informative and I enjoyed all the information in it. Hopefully someday we
will see the West Virginia in game with her final upgrades.
Nice vid????
One should wonder that after lessons learned from Jutland what the HELL
America was thinking with the Lexington class battlecruisers.
7 inch Belt – 2.25 inch Deck. (some places 1.5 inches deck armor) W-T-F
Every Tier 10 cruiser in WoW would rape this ship let alone the Amagi that
was to be her counterpart.
Lexington was a firecracker waiting to happen and her reconstruction into a
carrier was the best thing done to her.
Good and refreshing as allways ;-)
The Battle of Surigao Strait…yeah. It was less a battle and more a
slaughter in the end. Even if Fuso and the other escorts had survived until
engaging Oldendorf’s fleet, they still wouldn’t have had a chance.
Either way, great video Chase. The Colorados aren’t as well known as other
battleships (Warspite, Bismarck, Yamato, even the KGV and Kongo) but
they’re still interesting. Heck, for a time, it can be argued that the
Colorados were the most powerful battleships afloat. I didn’t know they
were the first battleships to be armed with 16 inch guns. :)
Wargaming needs to make Colorado’s sister USS West Virginia a Premium.
She will be an analogue to USS Texas with devastatingly powerfull AA
armament.
A problem here is that after Pearl Harbor the West Virginia was
reconstructed so extensively she essentially ceased being a Colorado sister
ship.
(Which would require a good amount of 3D remodeling by Wargaming)
She received heavy duty anti torpedo blisters which made her wider than the
Iowa and impossible to use the Panama Canal.
Her main guns were the only clue left as proof that she is a Colorado class
sistership.
What made USS West Virginia so special?
She manage to land hits with her first salvo on the Yamashiro (Fuso’s
sister ship) in the dead of night at over 20 KM using radar only.
Her targeting were so accurate other allied ships with lesser radar
technology had to target the shell splashes left by the West Virginia to
find their marks on the Yamashiro and the Mogami.
She went on firing 93 shells that night.
Yamashiro was sunk and Mogami barely made it out alive.
This was the last Battleship vs Battleship engagement ever (The Battle of
Surigao Strait).
USS West Virginia is worth to be in WoW.
Also Wargaming should incorporate and unlockable NIGHT fighting for high
tier ships. Only for pros.
Hail the USS Maryland
hey ichase, can you (or will you) make a “know your ship” video about the
French battleship class “Richelieu” ?
9 mins and 125 views! nice
YAY THANK YOU ICHASE ?
Why can’t we get West Virgina hull for World of Warships.?
About time Chase! I found you trough this vid series ;)
first even tho vid has been out for 3 min?