"Not since the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was sunk by the Japanese when they attacked our naval fleet at Pearl Harbor, has a ship or submarine borne the name Oklahoma,” said retired Navy Adm.

The USS Oklahoma and ... Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor in 1940, it was in high demand for lots of different functions which is why it was ashore when Japanese torpedoes sunk the ship within ...

The battleship was at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor when it was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma quickly capsized after multiple torpedo hits. The attack on the ship killed 429 crewmen ...

Within a short time five of eight battleships at Pearl Harbor were sunk or sinking ... and may have fired its torpedoes at USS Oklahoma (BB-37) or USS West Virginia (BB-48).

2021 12:38 p.m. When Japanese bombs began falling on Pearl Harbor, U.S. Navy Seaman 1st Class David Russell first sought refuge below deck on the USS Oklahoma. But a split-second decision on that ...

They took cover and then rode trucks down to Pearl Harbor where they attended to the injured. He remembers sailors trapped on the capsized USS Oklahoma tapping on the hull of their ship to get ...

In an interview with Alex Kershaw, Ken Potts, one of two remaining survivors of the sinking of the USS Arizona, recalls the day Pearl Harbor was attacked. In an interview with Alex Kershaw, Ken Potts, ...

A handful of centenarian survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor gathered at the scene ... broke loose in Turret No. 1 of the battleship USS Oklahoma the morning of Dec. 7, 1941.