The South Dakota-Class – the First Post-Treaty U.S. Navy Battleships – In the late 1930s, with the clouds of war on the horizon and the Washington Naval Treaty and subsequent London Naval ...

Diekman said they usually see about 200 people at their celebrations, and despite this being the first time to celebrate USS South Dakota Day of Honor, the Battleship South Dakota Board has been ...

The result was a battleship that lacked some of the firepower, armor, and speed that the Navy desired at the time. The South Dakota, however, was constructed after the treaties limiting ...

The USS South Dakota Battleship Memorial, which hosted Saturday’s event, includes a concrete outline of the ship’s main deck and the actual anchor, propeller, a 16-inch gun barrel, mast and ...

The Battleship South Dakota Memorial Foundation board is inviting the public to celebrate the first USS South Dakota Day of Honor this weekend at Battleship South Dakota Memorial. The celebration ...

“Life Aboard ‘Battleship X’: The USS South Dakota in World War II,” South Dakota State Historical Society “Calvin Graham, 62, Who Fought in War as a 12-Year-Old,” New York Times ...