U.S.S. South Dakota
BB-57
1944
(Neptun 1301a)
- Class: South Dakota - 4 battleships of 1938
- Displacement: 35,000 tons
- Dimensions: 666(wl) 680(oa) x 108.25 x 29.25 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 130,000 = 28 knots
- Armor: belt 18 in., turrets 18 in.
- Armament: 9-16"/45 (3x3), 16-5"/38 (8x2), 68-40mm (17x4) A.A. guns
- Complement: 2,500
- Builder: New York Shipbuilding Corp, Camden NJ
- Keel Laid: 5 Jul 1939
- Launched: 7 Jun 1941
- Commissioned: 20 Mar 1942
- Decommissioned: 31 Jan 1947
- Stricken: 1 Jun 1962
- Actions: Santa Cruz (damaged), Battle of Guadalcanal (damaged), British Home Fleet 1943, Gilbert Is., Kwajalein, Truk raid, Hollandia, Saipan, Philippine Sea, Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Pacific raids 1944-45
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