Survivors - Oklahoma Historical Society
WEBSignalman Third Class Goodyear was still learning his way around both the Navy and the USS Oklahoma when the Japanese Empire attacked Pearl Harbor the morning of December 7, 1941. He was at his duty station on the signal bridge when the first bombs were dropped on the hangar at Ford Island.
USS Oklahoma - Reports by Survivors of Pearl Harbor Attack
WEBUSS Oklahoma - Reports by Survivors of Pearl Harbor Attack. Pay Clerk D. L. Westfall wrote as follows: At the time of the attack I was in my room shaving.
USS Oklahoma Memorial - Pearl Harbor
WEBVisit the USS Oklahoma Memorial to honor the 429 crew members who lost their lives during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Recovered and Identified on the USS Oklahoma
WEBIn 1947, the tugboats Hercules and Monarch left Pearl Harbor for the west coast of the United States with the Oklahoma in tow. During a severe storm the searchlight from Hercules revealed the Oklahoma was listing.
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) - Wikipedia
WEBOn 7 December 1941, during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, several torpedoes from torpedo bombers hit the Oklahoma ' s hull and the ship capsized. A total of 429 crew died; survivors jumped off the ship 50 feet (15 m) into burning oil on water or crawled across mooring lines that connected Oklahoma and Maryland.
USS Oklahoma - Pearl Harbor National Memorial (U.S. National Park Service)
WEBThe USS Oklahoma capsized at 8:08 A.M., approximately 12 minutes after the first torpedo hit. Hundreds of men were trapped below her decks. They found themselves in a bizarre world turned upside down, in pitch-black darkness, as compartments filled with water.
Centenarian Pearl Harbor survivors return to honor those who …
WEBDec 8, 2023 · Five survivors returned to Pearl Harbor 82 years later on the anniversary of the attack to remember the more than 2,300 servicemen killed in the assault that propelled the U.S. into World War...
USS Oklahoma casualties identified - Pearl Harbor National …
WEBThe USS Oklahoma, moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, was sunk by Japanese aircraft during the attack on Pearl Harbor. A total of 429 crewmen aboard the USS Oklahoma were killed in the early morning hours of Dec. 7, 1941, after the ship quickly capsized from the numerous torpedo hits.
DOD identifies most remains of those killed on USS Oklahoma
WEBSep 17, 2021 · As fate would have it, the Oklahoma was moored at Ford Island Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941, the day the Japanese attacked. During the attack, several torpedoes from Japanese airplanes hit the Oklahoma's hull, and the ship capsized. A total of 429 crew members died.
Update: 100 USS Oklahoma Victims Identified - Pearl Harbor
WEBOn December 2nd, 2017, just five days prior to the 76th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that it had identified 100 of the men who perished when the USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was destroyed.