South Dakota Photographs | World War II Database

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South Dakota under construction at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, United States, 1 Apr 1940	Battleship USS South Dakota departing Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States for shakedown exercises, 4 Jun 1942. Note the OS2U Kingfisher aircraft from Observation Squadron VO-6 on the fantail.

South Dakota underway during shakedown in the Atlantic, Jul 1942, photo 1 of 2	South Dakota underway during shakedown in the Atlantic, Jul 1942, photo 2 of 2

Gun crews aboard USS South Dakota man their 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns during the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands, 26 Oct 1942	USS South Dakota firing anti-aircraft guns and a Japanese Type 97 B5N2 torpedo bomber with its torpedo already expended, Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 Oct 1942

Destroyer USS Shaw transferring survivors of sunken destroyer USS Porter to battleship USS South Dakota (foreground) while underway toward Efate, New Hebrides, 28 Oct 1942.	South Dakota, DD Mahan, DD Lamson repaired by USS Prometheus at Nouméa, New Caledonia, Nov 1942

USS South Dakota and USS Alabama in the North Atlantic, 1943	USS South Dakota and USS Alabama underway in the Atlantic Ocean, 1943; photo taken from HMS King George V

USS South Dakota, USS Alabama, and HMS Anson in the North Atlantic, 1943	USS South Dakota in the Hvalfjordur, Iceland, 24 Jun 1943

Commander of United States Naval Forces in the Atlantic Admiral Harold Stark aboard the battleship USS South Dakota at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, 26 Jun 1943.	South Dakota and a destroyer in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina, United States, 9 Aug 1943

USS South Dakota, port bow view, Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, United States, 20 Aug 1943	USS Alabama firing in exercise somewhere in the South Pacific, Oct 1943; note secondary 5-inch/38-caliber guns of USS South Dakota in foreground

USS South Dakota, USS Alabama, and USS North Carolina underway in the South Pacific, 25 Jan 1944; photo taken from USS Intrepid	US battleships South Dakota and Alabama on their way to the Marshall Islands to shell Roi and Namur islands, 1 Feb 1944

F6F-3 Hellcats of Fighting Squadron 16 (VF-16) landing aboard the USS Lexington (Essex-class), north of Manus, 28 Apr 1944. Note battleship USS South Dakota crossing Lexington’s wake.	US Navy Chaplain N. D. Lindner leading a memorial service aboard USS South Dakota for men lost to air attacks, off Guam, 1 Jul 1944