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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

Name Service Branchsort descending
GM 3c Marvin Adkins USN
Sea 1c James Ward USN
Ens Francis Flaherty USN
F 1c Jarvis Outland USN
GM 1c William Silva USN
F 3c Clarence Blaylock USN
Sea 1c Wilbur Ballance USN
Cox Layton Banks USN
F 1c Leroy Barber USN
F 1c Malcolm Barber USN
F 2c Randolph Barber USN
EM 3c Cecil Barncord USN
Sea 2c Wilbur Barrett USN
F 1c Harold Bates USN
Ens Marshall Darby USN
Sea 1c Earl Baum USN
RM 3c Howard Bean USN
F 1c Walter Belt USN
F 3c Robert Bennett USN
Y 3c Harding Blackburn USN

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