Construction 1942

 

 

 

Sea trials July 1942

 

 

 

October 26, 1942 at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands

 

 

 

October 26, 1942 Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
Japanese torpedo planes in foreground.

 

 

 

 

 

 

South Dakota seen from HMS Duke of York

 

 

 

At Norfolk Navy Yard August 20, 1943

 

 

 

January 25, 1944

 

 

 

At Puget Sound August 21, 1944

 

 

 

September 1945 at San Francisco