it was free,and the staff was not intrusive but shared insights' the personal letters,memorbilia,etc of the sailors were very interesting-a quiet place to reflect on our past,our hereos More

Passing through Sioux Falls - must see if you are a veteran. The local Navy Reserve maintains this outstanding memorial to a famous Battleship - The USS South Dakota. Right next to the Zoo!! More

Ok to drive past but wouldn't actually stop. Not impressed with it. Nothing to see. More

It is just parts of the ship. Worth a quick look. Don,t go out of your way to see it. It is located in the western part of the city. Located next to the zoo. More

Although not much of the actual ship remains, its still pretty cool to walk around whats left. There is also a very informative museum in the center of the monument. Worth a stop. More

There is no actual ship but just the outline of how big it was. Kind of sad to see it gone. Good place to stop though and it is well done for what it is. Probably my mistake for thinking it would be a real live ship in south dakota... More

Very unique, very moving. They scrapped most of the ship that served admirably in the the US fleet in World War II, but kept a lot of the guns, tower, anchor and other really cool stuff. We spent an hour here and would have stayed longer, but my 7&8 year old were antsy. Great job by the Navy and Sioux... More

Decent little museum with propeller and a nice memorial to those that served in WWII. The actual ship was sold for scrap though so they have an outline, a museum and some artifacts. So it's completely unfair to compare this place to the Battleship Missouri museum in Pearl Harbor or the Battleship New Jersey in Camden, but that's what I... More

Can't beat the price, free. Kids had fun climbing on the large anchor and chain. You really get the feel for how big the ship was. More