USS Colossus

USS Colossus

USS "Colossus" in a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy:

*, a steamer which served during the American Civil War.

*, a monitor, which was renamed from "Kalamazoo" on 15 June 1869.

References

*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c11/colossus.htm


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