Operational and Building Data Laid down by Bethlehem Steel, Staten Island, NY June 12 1934. Fate Sunk after being hit by 3 Kamikaze Planes in Ormoc Bay Leyte Philippines, December 7 1944. Guadalcanal Campaign, 1942-43. South Dakota received damage in both that battle and in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 15 November 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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