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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
F 1c James Webb USN
Sea 1c William Welch USN
MM 1c Alfred Wells USN
Sea 1c Ernest West USN
F 2c John Wheeler USN
Sea 1c Jack White USN
CWT Claude White USN
EM 3c Alton Whitson USN
Sea 1c Eugene Wicker USN
Mus 2c Lloyd Wiegand USN
Sea 2c George Wilcox USN
OStd 3c Wilbur Williams USN
Mus 2c Albert Williams USN
Sea 1c James Williams USN
FC 1c Bernard Wimmer USN
Sea 2c Everett Windle USN
RM 3c Starring Winfield USN
F 1c Rex Wise USN
Sea 2c Frank Wood USN
F 1c Lawrence Woods USN

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