Gov. Kevin Stitt has announced that a new U.S. Navy submarine now under construction will be named the USS Oklahoma. "Not since the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was sunk by the Japanese when ...
The submarine, currently under construction, will be the first Navy vessel to carry the state's name since 1941, when the battleship Oklahoma was sunk in the Pearl Harbor attack.
A total of 429 people died when the USS Oklahoma was attacked, but only 35 bodies were immediately identified. Now, the families of lost sailors have reason to hope This advertisement has not ...
The other, Seaman 2nd Class George Thompson, was killed aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma, which capsized at its mooring after being struck by several Japanese torpedoes. Thompson was one of 429 ...