USS North Dakota (BB-29) was a dreadnought battleship of the United States Navy, the second member of the Delaware class, her only sister ship being USS Delaware. North Dakota was laid down at the Fore River Shipyard in December 1907, was launched in November 1909, and commissioned into the US Navy in April 1910. She was armed with a main battery of ten guns and was capable of a top speed of . North Dakota was the first vessel of the US Navy to be named after the 39th state.