Death of the USS Oklahoma by gimley7
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Early in the morning of December 7th 1941, the Oklahoma begins to capsize, her side ripped open by multiple torpedo hits. Eventually she rolls over burying her superstructure in the mud of the harbor. Many survivors remained trapped in her flooded hull, surviving for 2 days before being pulled from the wreckage. 429 others where not so lucky. Although righted and re-floated in June of 1943, she would never fight again.
Read about her here:
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/recovered-and-identified-soldiers-uss-oklahoma
https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/us-navy-ships/battleships/oklahoma-bb-37.html
Comments (3)
RodS
Excellent work on this remembrance of 81 years ago today. And the wars still go on....
gimley7
Thanks! One thing we humans have down to perfection is the ability to destroy ourselves.
uncollared
Dramatic image. Excellent work
gimley7
Thanks!