Battleship SOUTH DAKOTA (BB57)
Ordered:15 December 1938
Builder:New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down:5 July 1939
Launched:7 June 1941
Commissioned:20 March 1942
Decommissioned:31 January 1947
Fate:Broken up, 1962, Parts of the ship preserved at Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Battleship USS South Dakota Memorial
http://www.usssouthdakota.com/