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| Laid down: | 16 December 1907 |
| Launched: | 10 November 1908 |
| Commissioned: | 11 April 1910 |
| Decommissioned: | 22 November 1923 |
| Fate: | sold for scrap |
| Struck: | 7 January 1931 |
| General Characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Displacement: | 20,000 long tons (20,300 metric tons) |
| Length: | 518.8 ft (158.1 m) |
| Beam: | 85.3 ft (26.0 m) |
| Draft: | 26.9 ft (8.2 m) |
| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
| Complement: | 933 officers and men |
| Armament: | 10 x 12-inch guns, 14 x 5-inch guns, 4 x 3-pounders, 2 x 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS North Dakota (BB-29), a Delaware-class battleship, was the first ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the U.S. state of North Dakota. Her keel was laid down 16 December 1907 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company of Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 10 November 1908 sponsored by Miss Mary Benton, and commissioned at Boston, Massachusetts, on 11 April 1910 with Commander Charles P. Plunkett in command.
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