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 ...

built four fast battleships known as the South Dakota-class, which would serve as a bridge to the larger and more impressive Iowa-class. While South Dakota has since become overshadowed and ...

The second was a South Dakota-class battleship, which received 13 battle stars for it World War II service according to the memorial’s website.