USS Colorado (1858-1876) The first USS Colorado was a 3500 ton three-masted steam frigate commissioned in 1858 and named after the Colorado River. During the Civil War she participated in the ...

The original USS Colorado bell was cast in Philadelphia for a three-masted Civil War-era frigate named after the Colorado River. (Colorado was not granted statehood until 1876.) The bell was later ...

Colorado is far from the ocean, but the state’s name has sailed the high seas on four different vessels since 1858. The first was a steam frigate. During the Civil War it captured several ...

USS Colorado (1858-1876) The first USS Colorado was a 3500 ton three-masted steam frigate commissioned in 1858 and named after the Colorado River. During the Civil War she participated in the ...

The 800-pound bell that rode aboard the first two USS Colorado warships during the Civil War and World War I made it to the University of Colorado just in time for Veterans Day. The brass bell ...

BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) - While the newly-commissioned USS Colorado submarine is the crown jewel of the United States Navy, it's actually not the first vessel named after the Centennial State. In ...

Civil War Army nurse Caroline Burghardt and her gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery. (Department of Defense) A 2024 DoD News article from writer Katie Lange told the story of 23 female nurses ...