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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.
Ship Flag Sunk date Notes Coordinates Alaska Ranger United States 23 March 2008 A factory ship that flooded and sank off Unalaska: Al-Ki: 1 November 1917 A passenger steamer, wrecked on Point Augusta.
South Carolina 14 January 1986: Patriot's Point: 65: Lane Victory (Victory ship) California 14 December 1990: 66: Lettie G. Howard: New York 11 April 1989: South Street Seaport Museum: 67: USS Lexington: Texas 31 July 2003: 68: Lewis R. French: Maine 4 December 1991: 69: Lightship No. 87, "Ambrose" New York 11 April 1989: at South Street ...
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Dakota was originally assessed at 20,714 GRT and 13,306 NRT and had deadweight of approximately 19,000. [1] The vessel had a steel hull, and two triple-expansion steam engines of combined power of 2,565 nhp , with cylinders of 29-inch (74 cm), 51-inch (130 cm) and 89-inch (230 cm) diameter with a 57-inch (140 cm) stroke , that drove two screw ...
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