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The capsized battleship USS Oklahoma is rotated upright while under salvage at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 8 March 1943. The ship is in the 130-degree position, with its bow on the left and the starboard deck edge just rising from the water. Parbuckle salvage, or parbuckling, is the righting of a
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was a Nevada-class battleship built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation for the United States Navy, notable for being the first American class of oil-burning dreadnoughts. Commissioned in 1916, the ship served in World War I as a part of Battleship Division Six , protecting Allied convoys on their way across the Atlantic.
Eleven men were killed and forty-nine wounded but damage was minor. After the war Nevada was used as a target ship, first in Operation Crossroads, then sunk by naval gunfire and torpedoes in 1948. USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was hit by at least five torpedoes during the opening minutes of the attack on Pearl Harbor. She capsized within ten minutes of ...
An aerial view of the ravaged USS Oklahoma in 1943 during a salvage operation in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. By then the remains of the sailors had been recovered but not identified.
Name Hull number Ship class Location Date Cause Arizona: BB-39 Pennsylvania class: Pearl Harbor: 7 December 1941: Sunk by bombers from aircraft carrier Hiryū: Oklahoma: BB-37 : Nevada class: Pearl Harbor: 7 December 1941: Capsized by torpedo bombers from aircraft carriers Akagi and Kaga and raised in 1943 but not repaired. Sank 17 May 1947 in a storm while being towed to San Francisco for ...
U.S. Navy Seaman 2nd Class John C. Auld, 23, was from Newcastle, England, and died aboard the USS Oklahoma on Dec. 7.
Walter F. Schleiter, 22, of Massillon, was killed while serving aboard the USS Oklahoma battleship on Dec. 7, 1941, which was moored at Pearl Harbor. His 82-year wait is over. Ohio Navy sailor ...
[24] At Pearl Harbor in November 1942, 120 steel workers, riggers, and electricians from the 16th CB were responsible for salvaging the USS West Virginia far faster than Navy estimates. [25] Divers from the 16th CB assisted in the salvage of the USS Oklahoma. [26] The 27th CB created its own "Ships Repair Shop" as a courtesy to the fleet.