United States Navy — Battleship class
South Dakota-class battleship (1939)
South Dakota class
The class in numbers
- 4 Completed
- 2 Scrapped
- 2 Preserved
Design and service
- Type
- Battleship
- Navy
- United States Navy
- Built
- 1939–1942
- In commission
- 1942–1947
- Preceded by
- North Carolina-class battleship
- Succeeded by
- Iowa-class battleship
- Builders
- New York Shipbuilding Corporation
- Newport News Shipbuilding
- Bethlehem, Fore River Shipyard
- Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Class specifications
Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.
As built
- Displacement, standard
- 35,412 long tons (35,980 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 44,519 long tons (45,233 t)
- Length
- 207.26 m (680 ft) OA
- Speed
- 27.5 knots (50.9 km/h, 31.6 mph)
- Complement
- 1,793
- Main gun
- 406 mm (16 in)
- Armament
- 3 × triple 16 in guns
- 16 or 20 × 5 in DP guns
- 76 × 40 mm AA guns
- 67 × single 20 mm AA guns
Roster
| Vessel | Pennant | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| USS Alabama (BB-60) | BB-60 | 1942 | Preserved 1964 |
| USS Indiana (BB-58) | BB-58 | 1942 | Scrapped 1963 |
| USS Massachusetts (BB-59) | BB-59 | 1942 | Preserved 1965 |
| USS South Dakota (BB-57) | BB-57 | 1942 | Scrapped 1962 |
Sources
- Facts harvested from South Dakota-class battleship (1939) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.