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Preserving the Batfish ensures that future generations understand the sacrifices made by those who helped shape Oklahoma and our nation.
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The state legislature appropriated $7,500 to buy a big set of silver service for the brand-new USS Oklahoma battleship in 1914. “As was customary at the time ...
Update: Oklahoma lawmakers approved $4 million in funding to help relocate the U.S.S. Batfish. We’re told the state funds lay the groundwork for the proposed Oklahoma War Memorial and Museum and ...
Jessie A. Mahaffey, one of the last remaining survivors of the sinking of the USS Oklahoma during the 1941 Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, died March 1 in Alexandria, La., at the age of 102.
U.S. Navy Seaman 2nd Class John C. Auld, 23, was from Newcastle, England, and died aboard the USS Oklahoma on Dec. 7.
The manifest of history reveals fewer and fewer items and the people directly connected to them.