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Gameplay Notes
Fast Battleships (FBB) are BB with higher speed. They:
- Usually have more permissive Routings,
- Can be placed in the Escort of a Combined Fleet regardless of their speed.
Special Mechanics
- None
Stats Exceptions
- Has some 0-plane-capacity equipment slots.
Equipability Exceptions
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- Default FBB equipment compatibility
Fit Bonuses
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- Hidden Fit Bonuses
- Has some hidden fit bonuses when equipped with certain equipment. Please see Hidden Fit Bonuses for more details.
Important Information
- Helper for the following equipment:
- Improvement: 16inch Triple Gun Mount Mk.6 mod.2
- Improvement & upgrade: 16inch Triple Gun Mount Mk.6
Drop Locations
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| South Dakota | S Holo | FBB | 402 | Unbuildable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Voice Lines
Quotes
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- ↑ Referring to the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal where she engaged in a night-time brawl with Kirishima alongside Washington.
- ↑ Likely referring to the unfortunate number of accidents she encountered. See trivia for details.
- ↑ Likely referring to Takao and Atago that were responsible for leaving her "deaf, dumb and blind" at Guadalcanal.
- ↑ This line is shared with expedition selection, resource collection, instant repair and development.
- ↑ She was referred to as "Battleship X" for security purposes during her repairs and refits at Brooklyn Naval Yard in December 1942.
- ↑ Likely referring to the fact that the crew of the Washington felt she got too much credit for their actions at Guadalcanal.
Hourlies
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- ↑ "Ushimitsu" is the "hour of the ox". It refers to the time between 0200-0230 in traditional Japanese timekeeping.
- ↑ Refering to Iowa's sister Missouri that was nicknamed "Mighty Mo".
- ↑ Likely referring to Shikinami that turned to open the range after being fired on by South Dakota at the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
- ↑ Referring to the repair ship Prometheus that gave her some quick repairs after Guadalcanal.
Seasonal
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Misc Lines
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Trivia
Her abyssal form is assumed to be the New Southern Battleship Princess.
- General Information
- She is named after the state of South Dakota.
- She was launched on the 7th of June 1941.
- Scrapped in 1962.
- Update History
- She was added on the 11th of July 2020 as Summer 2020 Event E6 reward.
- Misc
- Her reputation as a jinx is possibly due to all of the following incidents:
- Her career started with an engine breakdown in August 1942, but repairs were completed the next morning.
- Following that, she struck an uncharted reef near Tonga in September 1942. Repairs and refits at Pearl Harbor took until October to be completed.
- At the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, the only bomb that manage to strike her was a non-penetrating hit that still managed to take out her number 2 turret.
- She collided with Mahan while returning to port after Santa Cruz.
- During the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, a problem with her electrical system in the middle of the night knocked out her RADAR and blinded her.
- In the same battle, she engaged enemies with her rear turrets and set her OS2Us on fire. The second salvo knocked 2 of the 3 burning planes overboard and put out the fire on the third.
- Her electrical systems were restored, but the shock from the subsequent salvo knocked out all her electrics again.
- In October 1944, she collided with Aldebaran.
- In November 1944, anti-air fire from other ships in her task force killed some of her crew.
- In April 1945, some propellant exploded in her turret while resupplying from Wrangell. Her crew was forced to flood her turret to prevent a detonation.
- Survived World War II.
See Also
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