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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
Sea 2c Bernard Doyle USN
SK 3c George Foote USN
Sea 2c Floyd Helton USN
FC 3c William Gusie USN
Sea 1c Warren Gillette USN
SK 3c Chester Hord USN
RM 3c Theodore Jensen USN
EM 3c William Klasing USN
Bug M 2c Lionel Lescault USN
FC 2c Donald Mccloud USN
MM 1c Winfred Woods USN
F 1c James Webb USN
M 1c Kenneth Armstrong USN
Sea 1c Earl Baum USN
F 2c Carl Bradley USN
MM 1c Harold Carney USN
EM 1c Edward Conway USN
WT 1c Leo Regan USN
SM 3c William Shanahan USN
Sea 2c Garold Skiles USN

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