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Battleship USS South Dakota Reunion 2019
To Be Held September 5-7

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50th Anniversary of Battleship Memorial

27th Reunion of Crew Members

U.S.S. South Dakota BB57
“Battleship X”

September 5-7, 2019

Featuring

September 7th
Municipal Band Concert & Program
at Memorial Site
Band Concert: 10:00 am
Program: 11:00 am

Speaker
Daryl Ferguson
Click here for Mr. Ferguson's Bio

Click Here for Registration &
Tenative Schedule of Events

Click here to listen.

Tom Brokaw's Tribute

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Tom Brokaw is an American television journalist and author best known as the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News from 1982 to 2004. He is the author of The Greatest Generation (1998) and other books and the recipient of numerous awards and honors.

Click here to hear Mr. Brokaw's tribute to the ship and crew of the USS South Dakota.

USS South Dakotas

USS South Dakota (ACR-9)

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Name: USS South Dakota (1908-1920)
Renamed: USS Huron (1920-1929)
Type: Pennsylvania Class Cruiser
Launched: July 21, 1904
Commissioned: January 27, 1908
Decommissioned: June 17, 1927
Fate: Sold for scrap, 11 February 1930. Hull sunk at Powell River, Canada

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USS South Dakota (BB-57)

Name: USS South Dakota (BB-57)
Type: South Dakota Class Battleship
Launched: June 7, 1941
Commissioned: March 20, 1942
Decommissioned: January 31, 1947
Fate: Sold for scrap / Parts of the ship are in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

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USS South Dakota (SSN-790)