User talk:Prairiepaper

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Hello Prairiepaper, and Welcome to Wikipedia!

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Prairiepaper, good luck, and have fun. --Shinerunner (talk) 10:27, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

RE USS South Dakota (BB-49)

I'm not sure if the model is still in existance. The source of the photo used in the article is this NavSource Online and it shows the image originally came from the National Archives. If you go to the link there are other artist renderings and additional information. I hope this helps. Shinerunner (talk) 10:27, 31 August 2009 (UTC)