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USS South Dakota (BB-49)

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Model of the South Dakota class battleship]]
History
U.S.
NameUSS South Dakota
NamesakeSouth Dakota
BuilderNew York Navy Yard
Laid down15 March 1920
CommissionedNever Finished
StrickenNovember 10 1923
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeSouth Dakota Class
Displacement43,200 long tons (43,200 long tons[convert: unknown unit])
Length684 ft (684 ft (208 m))
Beam106 ft (106 ft (32 m)
Installed power60,000 horsepower steam turbines
Speed23 knots23 kn (26 mph; 43 km/h)
Crew1191
Armament
  • Main Battery: Twelve 16"/50 guns in four triple turrets
  • Secondary Battery: Sixteen 6"/53 guns in single mountings (eight guns on each side of the ship). 8 3"/50cal AA, 2 21 inch torpedo tubes (submerged).

The USS South Dakota was a battleship of the United States Navy. Laid down on 15 March 1920 by the New York Navy Yard. Although she was to be the name ship of a new class of six 43,200-ton battleships, her construction was suspended on 8 February 1922 in accordance with the provisions of the Washington Treaty limiting naval construction. Her unfinished hull, 38.5% completed, was sold on 25 October 1923 for scrapping on the slipway to Steel Scrap Corp. of Philadelphia, Pa.; and her name was struck from the Navy list on 10 November 1923. Her scrapping was reported completed on 15 November 1923.[1]