USS South Dakota (ACR-9)

USS South Dakota (ACR-9), port bow view at anchor, location and date unknown.
History
United States
Name
  • South Dakota (1908–1920)
  • Huron (1920–1929)
Namesake
Ordered7 June 1900
Awarded10 January 1901
BuilderUnion Iron Works, San Francisco, California
Cost$3,750,000 (contract price of hull and machinery)
Laid down30 September 1902
Launched21 July 1904
Sponsored byMiss F. Pardee
Commissioned27 January 1908
Decommissioned17 June 1927
RenamedHuron, 7 June 1920
ReclassifiedCA-9, 17 July 1920
Stricken15 November 1929
Identification
Fate
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typePennsylvania-class armored cruiser
Displacement
  • 13,680 long tons (13,900 t) (standard)
  • 15,138 long tons (15,381 t) (full load)
Length
  • 503 ft 11 in (153.59 m) oa
  • 502 ft (153 m) pp
Beam69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draft24 ft 1 in (7.34 m) (mean)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed
  • 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)
  • 22.15 kn (41.02 km/h; 25.49 mph) (Speed on Trials)
Complement80 officers 745 enlisted 64 Marines
Armament
Armor
  • Belt: 6 in (150 mm) (top & waterline)
  • 5 in (130 mm) (bottom)
  • Deck: 1+12 in (38 mm)- 6 in (amidships)
  • 4 in (100 mm) (forward & aft)
  • Barbettes: 6 in
  • Turrets: 6 - 6+12 in (170 mm)
  • Conning Tower: 9 in (230 mm)
General characteristics (Pre-1911 Refit)[1]
Armament
  • 4 × 8 in/45 cal Mark 6 BL rifles (2×2)
  • 14 × 6 in/50 cal Mark 6 BL rifles
  • 18 × 3 in/50 cal rapid-fire guns
  • 4 × 3-pounder (47 mm) Driggs-Schroeder saluting guns
  • 2 × 18 in torpedo tubes
General characteristics (Pre-1921 Refit)[2]
Armament
  • 4 × 8 in/45 caliber Mark 6 BL rifles (2×2)
  • 14 × 6 in/50 Mark 6 caliber BL rifles
  • 10 × 3 in/50 caliber rapid-fire guns
  • 2 × 3 in/50 caliber anti-aircraft guns
  • 4 × 3-pounder (47 mm) Driggs-Schroeder saluting guns
  • 2 × 18 in torpedo tubes

The first USS South Dakota (ACR-9/CA-9), also referred to "Armored Cruiser No. 9", and later renamed Huron, was a United States Navy Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser.

South Dakota was laid down on 30 September 1902 by the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California, she was launched on 21 July 1904; sponsored by Grace Herreid, daughter of Charles N. Herreid, Governor of South Dakota, and commissioned on 27 January 1908.[3]

  1. ^ "Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels". US Naval Department. 1 January 1914. pp. 24–31. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels". US Navy. 1921. p. 50. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  3. ^ "South Dakota I (Armored Cruiser No. 9)". Naval History and Heritage Command. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015.