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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
Mus 1c Rowland Smith USN
M 1c Leonard Smith USN
EM 3c Merle Smith USN
WT 1c Walter Sollie USN
Sea 1c James Solomon USN
Sea 1c Maurice Spangler USN
Sea 1c Kirby Stapleton USN
MM 1c Ulis Steely USN
Sea 1c Walter Stein USN
F 1c Samuel Steiner USN
Ens Charles Stern USN
MM 2c Everett Stewart USN
Ens Lewis Stockdale USN
Sea 1c Donald Stott USN
FC 3c Robert Stout USN
CBM James Stouten USN
Sea 1c Milton Surratt USN
MM 1c Charles Swanson USN
Sea 1c Edward Talbert USN
Sea 2c Rangner Tanner USN

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