USS Colorado (1856)

USS *Colorado*
	USS Colorado
History
United States
Name	Colorado
Namesake	Colorado River
Builder	Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia
Laid down	1856
Launched	19 June 1856
Sponsored by	Miss N. S. Dornin
Commissioned	13 March 1858
Decommissioned	6 August 1858
Recommissioned	3 June 1861
Decommissioned	28 June 1862
Recommissioned	10 November 1862
Decommissioned	18 February 1864
Recommissioned	1 September 1864
Decommissioned	3 February 1865
Recommissioned	25 May 1865
Decommissioned	7 September 1867
Recommissioned	15 February 1870
Decommissioned	8 June 1876
Fate	Sold 18 February 1885; Burned and sank August 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
Armament	2 × 10 in (250 mm) guns; 28 × 9 in (230 mm) guns; 14 × 8 in (200 mm) guns;
General characteristics 1864
Class & type	none
Armament	1 × 150–pounder rifle; 1 × 11 in (280 mm) smoothbore guns; 46 × 9 in (230 mm) smoothbore guns; 4 × 12–pounder howitzers;
General characteristics 1871
Class & type	none
Armament	2 × 100–pounder rifles; 1 × 11 in (280 mm) smoothbore guns; 42 × 9 in (230 mm) smoothbore guns; 2 × 20–pounder howitzers; 6 × 12–pounder howitzers;

The first USS Colorado, a 3,400-long-ton (3,500 t), three-masted steam screw frigate of the United States Navy in commission at various times between 1858 and 1876. She saw combat during the American Civil War (1861–1865) and the United States expedition to Korea in 1871. She was the fifth of the Franklin-class frigates — all of which except for Franklin were named after rivers in the United States — and was named after the Colorado River.