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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 descending Service Branch
Sea 1c Natale Torti USN
Sea 1c Orval Tranbarger USN
FC 2c Harold Trapp USN
EM 3c William Trapp USN
GM 3c Shelby Treadway USN
F 1c William Tucker USN
FC 3c Victor Tumlinson USN
Sea 1c Billy Turner USN
F 1c Louis Tushla USN
Sea 2c Russell Ufford USN
F 2c Lowell Valley USN
AMM 2c Durell Wade USN
Sea 2c Lewis Wagoner USN
SK 1c Harry Walker USN
F 3c Robert Walkowiak USN
AS Eugene Walpole USN
Sea 2c Charles Walters USN
Sea 1c James Ward USN
Sea 1c Edward Wasielewski USN
Sea 1c Richard Watson USN

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