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was held at an outdoor memorial honoring a battleship that held the same name until it was decommissioned after World War II.
• "Since 1947 there has not been a USS South Dakota in the fleet," Mabus said. "And I'm glad to correct that here today."
• The first USS South Dakota was an armored cruiser that served in World War I. And the second one, commissioned 70 years ago, served in the Pacific Theater during World War II. The 680-foot-long vessel, nicknamed "Battleship X," was decommissioned in 1947 and spent the next years 15 berthed at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard until it was sold for scrap in 1962.
• South Dakota wanted to establish a museum to honor the battleship, but it was impossible to bring the massive vessel so far inland. Historians saved some of the key parts for display and built a concrete wall to show its footprint.

• At Saturday's ceremony, Gov. Dennis Daugaard ceded the podium to Lt. Gov. Matt Michels, who had served in the Navy as a lieutenant commander. Michels invited Mabus back up to the podium to lead the crowd in a couple of chants of "Go Navy."
• Michels said the battleship USS South Dakota had more battle scars during World War II than any other ship, and the new sub will continue to protect the country.
• SSN 790, to be built at Electric Boat in Groton, Conn., will be 377 feet long, have a beam measurement of 34 feet and weigh 7,800 tons.
• The future USS South Dakota will have the capability to attack targets ashore with highly accurate Tomahawk cruise missiles and conduct covert long-term surveillance of land area, littoral waters or other sea-based forces. Other missions include anti-submarine and anti-ship warfare, mine delivery and minefield mapping. It is also designed for special forces delivery and support.
• Mabus said the vessel will honor the citizens of South Dakota.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Attorney General Marty Jackley says a 24-year-old juvenile detention staffer has been arrested on one count of sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of contributing to abuse, neglect or delinquency of a child.
• Jackley says the state Division of Criminal Investigation was asked to conduct the investigation because the allegations involved a staff member of the Minnehaha Juvenile Detention Center.

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