USS Oklahoma BB-37

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Nevada-class battleship USS Oklahoma 1936

Aerial View of USS Oklahoma being righted May 1943

Battleship USS Oklahoma BB-37 photographed before the WW2

Battleship USS Oklahoma BB-37 1936

Crew work in Pearl Harbor to right the battleship USS Oklahoma 1943

Devastation on deck of USS Oklahoma 1943

Navy personnel on tilted deck of USS Oklahoma 1943

Oklahoma undergoes the righting operation 7 April 1943

propellers of the capsized battleship USS Oklahoma 1941

Raising the USS Oklahoma Pearl Harbor 21 March 1943

Raising the USS Oklahoma Pearl Harbor 21 March 1943 2

Sailors aboard raised USS Oklahoma in dry dock at Pearl Harbor 1944

Stern view of Battleship USS Oklahoma BB-37

USS Oklahoma (BB-37) steams through the Panama Canal

USS Oklahoma (BB-37) underway 1920s

USS Oklahoma 10

USS Oklahoma 2

USS Oklahoma 29 March 1943

USS Oklahoma at anchor 1920s

USS Oklahoma fore main battery turrets

USS Oklahoma in dry dock at Pearl Harbor 1944

USS Oklahoma in drydock No. 2, at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard

USS Oklahoma in drydock No. 2, at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard - bow view

USS Oklahoma (BB-37) in Guantanamo Bay 1 January 1920

USS Oklahoma in Guantanamo Bay 1 January 1920

USS Oklahoma leading other U.S, battleships in 1930s

USS Oklahoma rescue during Pearl Harbor attack

USS Oklahoma rescue December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Attack

USS Oklahoma with camouflage 1917/1918

Wreck of USS Oklahoma 5

Wreck of USS Oklahoma towed into drydock

Wreckage of USS Oklahoma BB-37 After Pearl Harbor Attack 1942

Wreckage of battleship USS Oklahoma BB-37 After Pearl Harbor Attack 1942

Wreckage of Battleship USS Oklahoma (BB-37) Raised After Pearl Harbor Attack 1943

Wreckage of Battleship USS Oklahoma Raised After Pearl Harbor Attack 1943

Wreckage of USS Oklahoma raised after Pearl Harbor Attack

Wreckage of USS Oklahoma raised after Pearl Harbor Attack 1943

Wreckage of USS Oklahoma raised after Pearl Harbor Attack 1943 2

Nevada-class battleship. Laid down: 26 October 1912 Launched: 23 March 1914 Commissioned: 2 May 1916 Main armament: 10 x 356 mm Complement: ~1400 Fate: Sunk in Attack on Pearl Harbor. Raised in 1943 and sold for scrap 5 December 1946. Hulk sank while under tow to breakers 17 May 1947. Bibliography:

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