USS South Dakota

USS South Dakota, hull number 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. However, congressional refusal to authorize larger battleships kept their displacement close to the Washington limit of 35,000 long tons (35,562 t). A requirement to be armored against the same caliber of guns as they carried, combined with the displacement restriction, resulted in cramped ships. Overcrowding was exacerbated by wartime modifications that considerably strengthened their anti-aircraft batteries and significantly increased their crews.

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BB-57; BB-57
speed 27.8 knot, length 210 metre, length 207 metre, beam 33 metre, draft 11 metre, draft 11.1 metre,
South Dakota-class battleship, battleship, New York Shipbuilding Corporation, United States Navy,

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Location: 43.5433, -96.7628, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

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USS South Dakota ⓘ
1941 South Dakota-class battleship

1941-06-07T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1947-01-31T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1942-03-20T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1939-07-05T00:00:00Z

keel laying

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Frameless

USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) launching planes c1944

USS South Dakota (BB-57) and two destroyers alongside of USS Prometheus (AR-3), in November 1942 (80-G-36088)

USS South Dakota with Kates Battle of Santa Cruz NARA 19LCM-BB57-2

USS South Dakota in Ulithi NARA BuAer 294133

USS South Dakota in Ulithi NARA BuAer 294134

USS South Dakota in Puget Sound NARA BS 70906 (cropped)

USS South Dakota in Puget Sound NARA BS 70906

USS South Dakota (BB-57) off the Norfolk Naval Shipyard on 20 August 1943 (NH 97264)

USS South Dakota (BB-57) (1943)

USS South Dakota from dead ahead NARA BS 709xx

Type	Subtype	Description	Notes	Source

link	page	Drachinifel page^@		Wikidata
object	watercraft	USS South Dakota	South Dakota-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
commons	image	USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) launching planes c1944		Commons
commons	image	USS South Dakota (BB-57) and two destroyers alongside of USS Prometheus (AR-3), in November 1942 (80-G-36088)		Commons
commons	image	USS South Dakota with Kates Battle of Santa Cruz NARA 19LCM-BB57-2		Commons
commons	image	USS South Dakota in Ulithi NARA BuAer 294133		Commons
commons	image	USS South Dakota in Ulithi NARA BuAer 294134		Commons
commons	image	USS South Dakota in Puget Sound NARA BS 70906 (cropped)		Commons
commons	image	USS South Dakota in Puget Sound NARA BS 70906		Commons
commons	image	USS South Dakota (BB-57) off the Norfolk Naval Shipyard on 20 August 1943 (NH 97264)		Commons
commons	image	USS South Dakota (BB-57) (1943)		Commons
commons	image	USS South Dakota from dead ahead NARA BS 709xx		Commons

USS South Dakota

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