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OKLAHOMA (BB 37)

BATTLESHIP

UIC:
Class:BB 36 Fleet:
Status:Disposed of, sold for scrapping Homeport:
Date status changed:12/02/1946 Berth:
Maintenance Category:
Force: MARAD Type:
Builder: NEW YORK SB CORP
Delivery Date:05/02/1916
Award Date:01/22/1912 Age (since delivery) (At time of disposal):30.6 years
Keel Date:10/26/1912 Commission Date:05/02/1916
Launch Date:03/23/1914 Inactivation Date:
Age (since launch)(At time of disposal)32.8 years Decommission Date:09/01/1944
Years from Commission to Decommission: 28.3
Stricken Date: 09/01/1944

Overall Length: 583 ft Waterline Length:575 ft
Extreme Beam:108 ft Waterline Beam:
Maximum Navigational Draft:32 ft Draft Limit:
Light Displacement:29000 tons Full Displacement:32338 tons
Dead Weight:3338 tons
Hull Material: Steel hull, steel superstructure.
Number of Propellers: 2
Number of Waterjets:
Propulsion Type:
Accommodations: Officers: 111 Enlisted: 1832

Remarks: CAPSIZED AND SANK ON 12/7/1941 AFTER BEING TORPEDOED BY JAPANSES AIRCRAFT AT PEA
RL HARBOR. RAISED AND SURVEYED AND WAS FOUND TO BE TOO UNECONOMICAL TO REPAIR. O
KLAHOMA WAS SOLD FOR SCRAP ON 12/2/1946 TO THE MOORE DRYDOCK CO., OAKLAND, CA. W
HILE UNDER TOW SHE PARTED HER TOW LINE AND SANK ON 5/17/1947 540 MILES EAST OF P
EARL HARBOR




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