USS South_Dakota – The battleship operated with the British Home Fleet, based at Scapa Flow, from May 1943. She formed part of a US Navy task force under the command of Rear Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt alongside sister battleship Alabama and heavy cruiser Tuscaloosa.

The battleship operated with the British Home Fleet, based at Scapa Flow, from May 1943. She formed part of a US Navy task force under the command of Rear Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt alongside sister battleship Alabama and heavy cruiser Tuscaloosa. The task force’s role was to counter the German battleship Tirpitz and she took part in several cruises along the Norwegian coast. Tirpitz did not leave port, however, and the two US battleships and a destroyer screen departed for the Pacific in early August.[10]