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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.
USS Oklahoma wearing experimental camouflage, circa 1917. Edwin Taylor Pollock captained the USS Oklahoma from 5 July 1921 to 13 January 1922. USS Oklahoma was a battleship that served in the United States Navy from 2 May 1916, to 1 September 1944. The ship capsized and sank during the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, but she was righted in 1943. While other ships sunk during the ...
At 7:00 a.m., the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor — USS Oklahoma was a prime target. Moored at Battleship Row 7, outboard and alongside USS Maryland, Oklahoma took three devastating torpedo hits as the first Japanese bombs fell. About to capsize, two more torpedoes struck, and her men were strafed as they abandoned ship.
After a dayslong effort to rescue the sailors that could still be heard banging on the inside of the doomed ship, 429 people on the Oklahoma were pronounced dead. More than 2,400 people were ...
Ward enlisted in the United States Navy at Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 25, 1940.After basic training, he reported on board the battleship USS Oklahoma (BB-37).. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Oklahoma took three torpedoes soon after the attack began.
The Weight-class salvage ship USS Swivel (ARS-36). The United States Navy operated Weight-class rescue and salvage ships (ARS) from August 1943 until the last example was decommissioned in June 1946. The Weight-class ships were originally intended for delivery to the Royal Navy under different names, as part of the Lend-Lease program. However ...
The USS Oklahoma floats capsized near the USS Maryland. The ships were destroyed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on September 7, 1941. / Credit: © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images
Oklahoma was the name of one ship of the United States Navy and will be the name of a future submarine. USS Oklahoma (BB-37), a Nevada-class battleship launched in 1914 and sunk by Japanese bombers in the attack on Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941. USS Oklahoma (SSN-802), a planned Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine.