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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
Bkr 3c Earl Burch USN
MM 2c James Buchanan USN
Sea 1c William Bruesewitz USN
F 1c Wesley Brown USN
Sea 1c William Brooks USN
Matt 1c Randall Brewer USN
FC 3c Jack Breedlove USN
Sea 1c Oris Brandt USN
F 2c Carl Bradley USN
Sea 2c Raymond Boynton USN
F 2c Lawrence Boxrucker USN
Matt 1c Ralph Boudreaux USN
F 2c James Boring USN
BMstr James Booe USN
Cox Paul Boemer USN
Sea 2c John Bock USN
MM 2c Leo Blitz USN
Sea 1c Rudolph Blitz USN
F 3c Clarence Blaylock USN
B 1c William Blanchard USN

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