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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 David Riley USN
RM 3c Clyde Ridenour USN
WT 2c Porter Rich USN
RM 3c Irwin Rice USN
WT 1c Leo Regan USN
F 1c Dan Reagan USN
SK 3c Eldon Ray USN
Sea 1c Paul Raimond USN
F 3c Jasper Pue USN
Ens Lewis Pride USN
F 1c George Price USN
FC 3c Robert Pribble USN
Sea 2c Brady Prewitt USN
F 1c Rand Pre USN
Sea 1c Herbert Poindexter USN
Sea 2c Rudolph Piskuran USN
F 1c Gerald Pirtle USN
Sea 2c James Phipps USN
WT 1c Milo Phillips USN
B 2c Wiley Petway USN

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