North Dakota underway, circa 1912
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | North Dakota |
Namesake | North Dakota |
Builder | Fore River Shipyard |
Laid down | 16 December 1907 |
Launched | 10 November 1908 |
Commissioned | 11 April 1910 |
Decommissioned | 22 November 1923 |
Stricken | 7 January 1931 |
Fate | Broken up, 1931 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Delaware-class battleship |
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Beam | 85 ft 3 in (26 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 21 kn (24 mph; 39 km/h) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) @ 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
Crew | 933 officers and men |
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USS North Dakota (BB-29) was a dreadnought battleship of the United States Navy, the second member of the Delaware class, her only sister ship being Delaware. North Dakota was laid down at the Fore River Shipyard in December 1907, was launched in November 1908, and commissioned into the US Navy in April 1910. She was armed with a main battery of ten 12-inch (305 mm) guns and was capable of a top speed of 21 kn (24 mph; 39 km/h). North Dakota was the first vessel of the US Navy to be named after the 39th state.
North Dakota had a peaceful career; she was present during the United States occupation of Veracruz in 1914, but did not see action. After the United States entered World War I in April 1917, North Dakota remained in the US, training crewmen for the rapidly expanding wartime Navy, and therefore did not see combat. She remained on active duty through the early 1920s, until she was decommissioned under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty in November 1923, and converted into a radio-controlled target ship. She served in that capacity until 1930, when she was replaced in that role by Utah. In 1931, she was sold for scrapping and thereafter dismantled.