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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
EM 3c William Klasing USN
Cox Verne Knipp USN
RM 3c Howard Keffer USN
Sea 1c Ralph Keil USN
Sea 1c Donald Keller USN
Sea 2c Joe Kelley USN
F 1c Leo Keninger USN
RM 3c Warren Kempf USN
F 1c William Kennedy USN
F 1c Elmer Kerestes USN
Bkr 2c David Kesler USN
F 3c John Lindsley USN
Sea 2c Harold Lindsey USN
F 3c Alfred Livingston USN
WT 2c Clarence Lockwood USN
FC 3c Adolph Loebach USN
Bug M 2c Lionel Lescault USN
F 3c Gerald Lehman USN
Sea 2c Myron Lehman USN
Sea 2c Howard Magers USN

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