USS South Dakota BB-57 |
Type: |
Battleship |
Class: |
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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 |
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Page published June 7, 2009 |