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USS South Dakota (BB-57) was the lead vessel of the four South Dakota-class fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the 1930s. The first American battleships designed after the Washington treaty system began to break down in the mid-1930s, the South Dakotas were able to take advantage of a treaty clause that allowed them to increase the main battery to 16-inch (406 mm) guns.
South Dakota: BB-57 New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey: 5 July 1939 7 June 1941 20 March 1942 31 January 1947 Struck 1 June 1962; Sold for scrap, 25 October 1962 Indiana: BB-58 Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia: 20 September 1939 21 November 1941 30 April 1942 11 September 1947
The U.S. Navy had the 16"/50-caliber Mark 2 guns left over from the canceled Lexington-class battlecruisers and South Dakota-class battleships of the early 1920s. However it was already apparent that the Mark 2 was too heavy to arm the North Carolina and new South Dakota (1939) battleship classes which had to adhere to the 35,000 ton standard displacement set by the Second London Naval Treaty.
The first South Dakota class was a group of six battleships that were laid down in 1920 for the U.S. Navy, but were never completed.Considerably larger and more powerful than the preceding Colorado class, the South Dakota class was designed to achieve 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph), they represented an attempt to catch up with the increasing fleet speeds of its main rivals, the British Royal Navy ...
"The Shitty Dick" – USS South Dakota – nickname given by the crewmen of USS Washington, as a result of South Dakota having been given sole credit in the press for the victory at the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. "Shitty Kitty" – USS Kitty Hawk "Showboat" – USS North Carolina "Sleek and Deadly Duck" – USS Donald B. Beary
USS South Dakota (BB-49), was the lead ship of her class of battleship, but canceled before launch; USS South Dakota (BB-57), was the lead ship of her class of battleship, and saw action during World War II; USS South Dakota (SSN-790) is a Virginia-class submarine which was christened on 14 October 2017
South Dakota-class battleship may refer to either of two battleship classes of the United States Navy: South Dakota-class battleship (1920), a class of six ships authorized but never completed; South Dakota-class battleship (1939), a class of four ships which saw service in World War II
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