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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
Matt 1c Randall Brewer USN
Sea 1c Biacio Casola USN
F 1c Beoin Corzatt USN
EM 3c Roman Sadlowski USN
Sea 2c William Sellon USN
Sea 2c Dale Pearce USN
SK 3c Eli Olsen USN
Sea 2c Laverne Nigg USN
Sea 2c Lewis Wagoner USN
Sea 1c Henry Tipton USN
Ens William Thompson USN
Mus 2c Francis Dick USN
F 1c Lawrence Fecho USN
Sea 1c Robert Halterman USN
GM 1c George Herbert USN
F 1c Rand Pre USN
EM 3c George Gibson USN
OC 1c Willie Jackson USN
Lt Julian Jordan USN
Sea 1c Donald Keller USN

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