Product Description
This is a Trumpeter 705760 1/700 scale model ship of the USS South Dakota BB-57 plastic kit.
USS South Dakota was launched in June 1941 and commission ed in March 1942. In November, 1942, she joined battleship USS Washington and some destroyers to for m TF 64. The for ce was operating southwest of Guadalcanal against a Japanese bombardment group consisted of the one battleship, two heavy cruisers and a destroyer screen. South Dakota had taken 42 hits which caused con siderable damage. The battleship next operated with the British Home Fleet, based at Scapa Flow. During the operation against Philippine Island s, South Dakota and carriers covered the landing s on Mindoro. on July14th, 1945, as part of a bombardment group, she participated in the shelling of the Kamaishi Steel Works, Hon shu. This was the first gunfire attack on the Japanese home island s by heavy warships. on January 31th, 1947, she was placed in reserve, out of commission . South Dakota received 13 battle stars for World War II service.
