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	State of South Dakota City of Huron, South Dakota
Ordered	7 June 1900
Awarded	10 January 1901
Builder	Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California
Cost	$3,750,000 (contract price of hull and machinery)
Laid down	30 September 1902
Launched	21 July 1904
Sponsored by	Miss F. Pardee
Commissioned	27 January 1908
Decommissioned	17 June 1927
Renamed	Huron, 7 June 1920
Reclassified	CA-9, 17 July 1920
Stricken	15 November 1929
Identification	Hull symbol: ACR-9 Hull symbol: CA-9
Fate	Sold for scrap, 11 February 1930, in accordance with the provisions of the London Naval Treaty Subsequently sold to the Powell River Co., British Columbia, Canada to be used as a breakwater
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Pennsylvania-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
Beam	69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draft	24 ft 1 in (7.34 m) (mean)
Installed power	16 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers 23,000 ihp (17,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines 2 × screws
Speed	22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph) 22.15 kn (41.02 km/h; 25.49 mph) (Speed on Trials)
Complement	80 officers 745 enlisted 64 Marines
Armament	4 × 8 in (203 mm)/40 caliber Mark 5 breech-loading (BL) rifles(2×2) 14 × 6 in (152 mm)/50 cal Mark 6 BL rifles 18 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal rapid-fire guns 12 × 3-pounder (47 mm (1.9 in)) Driggs-Schroeder guns 2 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) Driggs-Schroeder saluting guns 2 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor	Belt: 6 in (150 mm) (top & waterline) 5 in (130 mm) (bottom) Deck: 1+1⁄2 in (38 mm)- 6 in (amidships) 4 in (100 mm) (forward & aft) Barbettes: 6 in Turrets: 6 - 6+1⁄2 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]