USS Lexington Museum
Corpus Christi, Texas


USS South Dakota BB-57
Battleship Memorial at Sioux Falls

http://www.usssouthdakota.com/

USS South Dakota was the lead ship of the South Dakota - class of battleships and the second ship in the Navy named after the state. Decommissioned on January 31, 1947, the South Dakota spent the next years berthed at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, until stricken from the Navy list on June 1, 1962. On October 25, 1962, the South Dakota was sold to Lipsett Division, Luria Bros. and Co., Inc., for scrap.

The South Dakota class consisted of four ships, all constructed at east coast shipyards:

  • USS South Dakota (BB-57)
    Built at Camden, New Jersey. Keel laid in July 1939; launched in June 1941; commissioned in March 1942.
  • USS Indiana (BB-58)
    Built at Newport News, Virginia. Keel laid in November 1939; launched in November 1941; commissioned in April 1942.
  • USS Massachusetts (BB-59)
    Built at Quincy, Massachusetts. Keel laid in July 1939; launched in September 1941; commissioned in May 1942.
  • USS Alabama (BB-60)
    Built at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia. Keel laid in February 1940; launched in February 1942; commissioned in August 1942.

Battleship South Dakota Memorial
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

This is the shape of the Battleship with some of the artifact from the
ship and many photos of the men who served on her.

©All photos are taken and copyrighted by Len Mozey.
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US Navy Photos

For more on the Battleship USS South Dakota

http://navysite.de/bb/bb57.htm

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