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Oklahoma

Ship Designation: 
BB-37
Date Lost: 
Sunday, December 7, 1941
Multiple Air Attacks at Pearl Harbor
Three torpedo hits occurred to Oklahoma soon after the attack commenced. As ship began to capsize, two more torpedoes struck; as men abandoned ship Japanese planes dove in for strafing runs. Oklahoma rolled over with mast touching the bottom of the harbor. ... 415 killed during the attack and 32 others were wounded. Many crew members were trapped in the overturned battleship surviving in pockets of air until rescuers could cut access holes in the bottom of the ship to rescue them; a total of 32 survivors were ultimately saved.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 429

Namesort ascending Service Branch
Sea 2c Laverne Nigg USN
BM 1c Arnold Nielsen USN
F 1c Frank Nicoles USN
Sea 2c Carl Nichols USN
SK 3c Harry Nichols USN
Sea 1c Wilbur Newton USN
Y 3c Samuel Nevill USN
GM 1c Arthur Neuenschwander USN
EM 3c Don Neher USN
Paul Nash USN
F 1c Elmer Nail USN
Sea 1c George Naegle USN
Sea 2c Ray Myers USN
HA 1c John Mulick USN
RM 3c Charles Montgomery USN
Sea 1c Wallace Mitchell USN
MM 2c Archie Miles USN
Pfc John Middleswart USMC
MM 1c Earl Melton USN
BM 2c Herbert Melton USN

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Prepared by CAPT R.O. Strange USN (Ret.)