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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 ascending
F 2c Martin Gara USN
Matt 2c Jesus Garcia USN
Matt 2c Eugene Garris USN
MM 1c Paul Gebser USN
F 1c Leonard Geller USN
WT 1c Charles Hudson USN
Sea 1c Frank Hryniewicz USN
MM 2c Lorentz Hultgren USN
SK 3c Chester Hord USN
F 3c Edwin Hopkins USN
Sea 1c James Holzhauer USN
Ens Robert Hunter USN
OC 1c Willie Jackson USN
F 3c Herbert Jacobson USN
Sea 2c Challis James USN
F 3c Glaydon Iverson USN
F 1c Edward Johnson USN
F 1c Billy Johnson USN
Sea 1c Joseph Johnson USN
F 1c Jim Johnston USN

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