"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.
Schleither was stationed at the U.S.S. Oklahoma for around a year before the attack on Naval Base Pearl Harbor Hawaii. The ship was among the first vessels hit in the attack. The U.S.S. Oklahoma ...
HONOLULU--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 ...
The new exhibit, called the Timeline on the Terrace, held its grand opening on Feb. 1 and is located on the museum's new rooftop terrace, atop the historic Ford Island Operations Building. It provides ...
A ceremony was held for the unidentifiable remains of the USS Oklahoma from Pearl Harbor. The remains will be transported to Hawaii, where a group burial is planned. Twenty-four thousand feet ...