The class comprised four ships: South Dakota, Indiana, Massachusetts, and Alabama. They were more compact and better protected than the preceding North Carolinaclass, but had the same main battery, nine 16"/45 caliber Mark 6 guns in three-gun turrets. The ships can be visually distinguished from the earlier vessels by their single funnel, compared to twin funnels in the North Carolinas. According to authors William Garzke and Robert Dulin, the South Dakota design was the best "treaty battleship" ever built.
Construction began shortly before World War II, with Fiscal Year (FY) 1939 appropriations. Commissioning through the summer of 1942, the four ships served in both the Atlantic, ready to intercept possible German capital ship sorties, and the Pacific, in carrier groups and shore bombardments. All four ships were retired post-war; South Dakota and Indiana were scrapped, Massachusetts and Alabama retained as museum ships.
The first South Dakota class was a class of six battleships, laid down in 1920 but never completed. They would have been the last dreadnoughts in the Naval Act of 1916 to be commissioned had the Washington Naval Treaty not caused their cancellation one-third of the way through their construction. They would have been the largest, most heavily armed and armored battleships in the U.S. Navy and, designed to achieve 23 knots (43km/h), represented an attempt to abandon its 21-knot (39km/h) standardized fleet speed and catch up with the increasing fleet speeds of its main rivals, the British Royal Navy and Imperial Japanese Navy. In this, size and secondary armament, they represented a break from the Standard-type battleship that had dominated American capital ship design for the prior five ship classes, while their use of standardized bridges, lattice masts and other features was a continuation of this practice and the increase in the number of main guns from the preceding Coloradoclass had long been standard U.S. naval policy. The main restriction to which they had to adhere was the ability to pass through the Panama Canal.
The USS South Dakota, the USN's last Treaty battleships, are today's subject.
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South Dakota Class Battleships
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The first South Dakota class battleships were an ambitious but short-lived project for the US Navy. Authorized in 1917, these six ships were designed to be faster and more powerful than their predecessors.
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The South Dakota class battleships were a group of warships planned by the United States Navy after World War I. Originally planned for six ships, construction on the USS South Dakota, Indiana, Montana, North Carolina, Iowa, and Massachusetts began in 1920. Unfortunately, tides turned before these ships set sail.
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USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is the third of four South Dakota-class fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the late 1930s. The first American battleships designed after the Washington treaty system began to break down in the mid-1930s, they took advantage of an escalator clause that allowed increasing the main battery to 16-inch (406 mm) guns, but refusal to authorize larger battleships kept their displacement close to the Washington limit of 35,000 long tons (36,000 t). A requirement to be armored against the same caliber of guns as they carried, combined with the displacement restriction, resulted in cramped ships, a problem that was exacerbated by wartime modifications that considerably strengthened their anti-aircraft batt...
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USS Massachusetts (BB-59), A Battleship of War | #history #shorts #fyp
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Today we are comparing South Dakota Class battleships against Iowa Class battleships.
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Today we are comparing South Dakota Class battleships against Iowa Class battleships.
Please consider donating to the museum:
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Today we are comparing South Dakota Class battleships against Iowa Class battleships.
Please consider donating to the museum:
www.battleshipnewjersey.org/give
The first South Dakota class battleships were an ambitious but short-lived project for the US Navy. Authorized in 1917, these six ships were designed to be fast...
The first South Dakota class battleships were an ambitious but short-lived project for the US Navy. Authorized in 1917, these six ships were designed to be faster and more powerful than their predecessors.
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The first South Dakota class battleships were an ambitious but short-lived project for the US Navy. Authorized in 1917, these six ships were designed to be faster and more powerful than their predecessors.
#learning #somethingnew #everyday | #learn #something #new #every #day
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The South Dakota class battleships were a group of warships planned by the United States Navy after World War I. Originally planned for six ships, construction ...
The South Dakota class battleships were a group of warships planned by the United States Navy after World War I. Originally planned for six ships, construction on the USS South Dakota, Indiana, Montana, North Carolina, Iowa, and Massachusetts began in 1920. Unfortunately, tides turned before these ships set sail.
The South Dakota class battleships were a group of warships planned by the United States Navy after World War I. Originally planned for six ships, construction on the USS South Dakota, Indiana, Montana, North Carolina, Iowa, and Massachusetts began in 1920. Unfortunately, tides turned before these ships set sail.
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USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is the third of four South Dakota-class fast battleships built for the United Stat...
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USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is the third of four South Dakota-class fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the late 1930s. The first American battleships designed after the Washington treaty system began to break down in the mid-1930s, they took advantage of an escalator clause that allowed increasing the main battery to 16-inch (406 mm) guns, but refusal to authorize larger battleships kept their displacement close to the Washington limit of 35,000 long tons (36,000 t). A requirement to be armored against the same caliber of guns as they carried, combined with the displacement restriction, resulted in cramped ships, a problem that was exacerbated by wartime modifications that considerably strengthened their anti-aircraft batteries and significantly increased their crews.
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USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is the third of four South Dakota-class fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the late 1930s. The first American battleships designed after the Washington treaty system began to break down in the mid-1930s, they took advantage of an escalator clause that allowed increasing the main battery to 16-inch (406 mm) guns, but refusal to authorize larger battleships kept their displacement close to the Washington limit of 35,000 long tons (36,000 t). A requirement to be armored against the same caliber of guns as they carried, combined with the displacement restriction, resulted in cramped ships, a problem that was exacerbated by wartime modifications that considerably strengthened their anti-aircraft batteries and significantly increased their crews.
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USS Massachusetts was one of four South Dakota-class battleships built for the US Navy in the late 1930s. Designed after the Washington Naval Treaty began to br...
USS Massachusetts was one of four South Dakota-class battleships built for the US Navy in the late 1930s. Designed after the Washington Naval Treaty began to break down, these battleships featured a main battery of 16-inch guns.
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USS Massachusetts was one of four South Dakota-class battleships built for the US Navy in the late 1930s. Designed after the Washington Naval Treaty began to break down, these battleships featured a main battery of 16-inch guns.
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Today we are comparing South Dakota Class battleships against Iowa Class battleships.
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The first South Dakota class battleships were an ambitious but short-lived project for the US Navy. Authorized in 1917, these six ships were designed to be faster and more powerful than their predecessors.
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The South Dakota class battleships were a group of warships planned by the United States Navy after World War I. Originally planned for six ships, construction on the USS South Dakota, Indiana, Montana, North Carolina, Iowa, and Massachusetts began in 1920. Unfortunately, tides turned before these ships set sail.
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USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is the third of four South Dakota-class fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the late 1930s. The first American battleships designed after the Washington treaty system began to break down in the mid-1930s, they took advantage of an escalator clause that allowed increasing the main battery to 16-inch (406 mm) guns, but refusal to authorize larger battleships kept their displacement close to the Washington limit of 35,000 long tons (36,000 t). A requirement to be armored against the same caliber of guns as they carried, combined with the displacement restriction, resulted in cramped ships, a problem that was exacerbated by wartime modifications that considerably strengthened their anti-aircraft batteries and significantly increased their crews.
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USS Massachusetts was one of four South Dakota-class battleships built for the US Navy in the late 1930s. Designed after the Washington Naval Treaty began to break down, these battleships featured a main battery of 16-inch guns.
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The class comprised four ships: South Dakota, Indiana, Massachusetts, and Alabama. They were more compact and better protected than the preceding North Carolinaclass, but had the same main battery, nine 16"/45 caliber Mark 6 guns in three-gun turrets. The ships can be visually distinguished from the earlier vessels by their single funnel, compared to twin funnels in the North Carolinas. According to authors William Garzke and Robert Dulin, the South Dakota design was the best "treaty battleship" ever built.
Construction began shortly before World War II, with Fiscal Year (FY) 1939 appropriations. Commissioning through the summer of 1942, the four ships served in both the Atlantic, ready to intercept possible German capital ship sorties, and the Pacific, in carrier groups and shore bombardments. All four ships were retired post-war; South Dakota and Indiana were scrapped, Massachusetts and Alabama retained as museum ships.