uss South Dakota battleship pictures

USS South Dakota (BB-57) was a battleship in the United States Navy from 1942 until 1947. The lead ship of her class



Class and type: South Dakota-class (1939) battleship
Displacement: 35,000 long tons (35,600 metric tons)
Length: 680 ft (210 m)
Beam: 108.2 ft (33.0 m)
Draft: 36.3 ft (11.1 m)
Speed: 27.8 knots (50.2 km/h)
Complement: 2,364 officers and men
Armament: 9 × 16 in (406 mm) guns, 16 × 5 in (127 mm) guns, 68 × 40 mm guns, 76 × 20 mm guns