The USS Missouri (BB-63), one of the four legendary Iowa-class battleships, is an icon of American naval might. -Many experts consider her the best battleship ever. -Commissioned in 1944, “The Big Mo” ...

The USS South Dakota (BB 57) is honored with a museum and mock-up of the ship in Sioux Falls, located on Kiwanis Avenue and West 12th Street. The mission of Battleship South Dakota Memorial is to ...

The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra is making a fresh case for Douglas Moore’s “Giants in the Earth,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning but long obscure opera.

FILE - South Dakota State head coach Eric Henderson yells from the sidelines during the first half of a first-round college basketball game against Iowa State, in Omaha, Neb., March 21, 2024.

Krepps was killed in action on Nov. 15, 1942 by Japanese shelling of the USS South Dakota (BB-57) during the second naval battle of Guadalcanal. Krepps was one of South Dakota’s 220 casualties during ...

The U.S.S. South Dakota name has been donned by three different ships, an Armored Cruiser in World War 1 (ACR 9), most recently an attack submarine (SSN 790), and the Battleship which Gee served on ...

USS North Dakota crewmen lend muscle, expertise to Habitat for Humanity project in south Fargo “Being able to do these events where you give back to the community … feels really good," Elgin ...

Commissioned amidst the fires of World War II, the USS South Dakota (BB-57) became a formidable instrument of American naval power. Launched into service on March 20, 1942, at Camden, New Jersey, the ...

The engagement that followed saw the USS South Dakota and several destroyers taking considerable damage, while the Washington, using her radar-directed guns, unleashed a barrage that would secure her ...

USS Alabama (BB-60) was the fourth and final South Dakota-class battleship constructed for the U.S. Navy. Launched in 1942, she was powered by four General Electric steam turbines and equipped ...

There were various schemes outlined to update or convert the warships to new uses in the early 1960s, yet nothing came of it. USS South Dakota (BB-57) and USS Indiana (BB-58) were sold and scrapped.

Admiral Stark, 1st Lord Alexander & Others Visit South Dakota (BB-57) At Scapa Flow, 08/1943 by United States. Navy ...