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USS South Dakota (BB-49)

Model of the South Dakota class battleship]]
History
U.S.
Name	USS South Dakota
Namesake	South Dakota
Builder	New York Navy Yard
Laid down	15 March 1920
Commissioned	Never Finished
Stricken	November 10 1923
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	South Dakota Class
Displacement	43,200 long tons (43,200 long tons)
Length	684 ft (684 ft (208 m))
Beam	106 ft (106 ft (32 m)
Installed power	60,000 horsepower steam turbines
Speed	23 knots23 kn (26 mph; 43 km/h)
Crew	1191
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.