[i][[Kantai Collection]][/i] character [[personification|personifying]] the battleship USS [i]South Dakota[/i] (BB-57).
Character design by [[Zeco]].

h4. Appearance
[tn]See post #5140426.[/tn]

She is given typical Caucasian characteristics of a somewhat tall body and a [[large_breasts|well-endowed bustline]] like the personified battleships before her, but her illustrator also has her [[long hair]] somewhat unusually [[multicolored_hair|multicolored]]. It has a [[blue_hair|blue]] exterior with white [[star_(symbol)|stars]] dyed on it. There are also [[white_hair|white]] and [[red hair]]s at the underside.

Due to her design as a flagship, she only has eight twin 5-inch/38-caliber secondary guns (two fewer than her sisters), in exchange for one extra level on the conning tower. Because of this unique trait, while most other battership girls in the game sport a hair ornament that resembles the top of their superstructure, she instead wears her conning tower as steel [[headgear]] (or as one can only describe, a 15-inch thick steel helmet).

The first half of her radio call sign, November-Echo, is seen on her right shoulder. Presumably, the second half of her call sign, Bravo-Charlie , is on the other.

She wears a [[short sleeves|short-sleeved]] [[brown jacket]] which is [[open jacket|mostly open enough]] to expose a [[sleeveless]] [[white shirt|white]] [[dress shirt]] cum [[crop top]] that exposes her [[midriff]] with a [[black necktie]], [[black gloves|black]] [[elbow gloves]], a extremely [[miniskirt|short]] [[black skirt|black]] [[pencil skirt]] (or [[black shorts|black]] [[short shorts]]), and [[uneven legwear]] consisting of a [[black pantyhose|black]] [[see-through legwear|see-through]] [[single leg pantyhose]] and [[mismatched legwear|mismatched]] [[thighhighs]] (solid [[black thighhighs|black]] on her right and see-through on her left).

Her [[machinery]] consists of an assortment of gun barrels which include her nine 16-inch/45-caliber guns. She carries a mast-like [[staff]] with a [[pennant]] meant to resemble a stylized [[American flag]] (although its single star and five stripes make it more in line with the "Liberian flag":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Liberia], itself derived from the American flag).

There is an electrical switch on the left side of her gear, which can be observed more clearly on her damaged art. In her kai art, a yellow warning stripe is taped over the switch, referring to her infamous short circuit incident during the second "naval battle of Guadalcanal":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal].

She has a [[South Dakota Kai (Kancolle)|remodelled form]]; see the page for more details.

h4. Personality
She is oftentimes depicted with [[Kirishima (kancolle)|]], who helped cause great damage to South Dakota during the second naval battle of Guadalcanal and in turn was inflicted fatal damage from [[Washington (kancolle)|]]'s firepower. South Dakota and Washington are also depicted as not being in good terms, reflecting the great rivalry their crews had.

h4. See also:
* [[South Dakota (Azur Lane)]]
* [[South Dakota (Warship Girls R)]]
* [[South Dakota (Blue Oath)]]
* [[South Dakota (Black Surge Night)]]

h4. External links
* "Wikipedia: USS [i]South Dakota[/i]":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_South_Dakota_(BB-57)]
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