USS Oklahoma BB-37

Type:
Battleship
Class:
Nevada (Class Overview)
Builder:
New York Shipbuilding Corp.
Camden, New Jersey
Hull Number:
Battleship #37
BB-37 (July 17, 1920)
Ordered:
January 22, 1912
Commissioned:
May 2, 1916
Keel Laid:
October 26, 1912
Decommissioned:
September 1, 1944
Launched:
March 23, 1914
Stricken:


September 1, 1944
Fate:
Sank under tow May 17, 1947 en route Pearl Harbor, Hawaii to San Francisco, California aprox.
540 miles from Hawaii.

Sunk Dec. 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by Japanese aircraft. Wreck raised on Mar. 29, 1943.
Sold for scrap Dec. 5, 1946 to Moore Drydock Co., Oakland, California.


Builder's Data
Page published Aug. 12, 2007