USS South Dakota BB-57

Type:
Battleship
Class:
Builder:
New York Shipbuilding Corp.
Camden, New Jersey
Hull Number:
BB-57
Ordered:
December 15, 1938
Commissioned:
March 20, 1942
Keel Laid:
July 5, 1939
Decommissioned:
January 31, 1947
Launched:
June 7, 1941
Stricken:


June 1, 1962
Fate:
Sold Oct. 25, 1962 to Luria Brothers & Company Inc., Lipsett Division, New York, New York
and scrapped.


Notes
Sponsored by Mrs. Harlan J. Bushfield.


Builder's Data
Page published June 7, 2009