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When the first warning of the attack was sounded, sailors onboard the USS Oklahoma took to the antiaircra� batteries, and the ship went to general quarters. Shortly a�er the attack on Pearl Harbor began, torpedoes were seen approaching the USS Oklahoma.

One portside machine gun opened fire but the force of the explosion and the oil and water thrown up by the first torpedo stopped it. Because of the rapid heeling of the ship and the oil and water on the decks, it was impossible to fire the guns e�ectively.

Of the missing, 35 crew members were positively identified and buried in the years immediately a�er the attack. �e Oklahoma, righted and refloated in 1943, sank again in a 1947 storm while under tow to a mainland scrapyard. �is year, the unidentified remains of almost 400 men from the Oklahoma were were exhumed from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii. Scientists are working to identify them.

TORPEDOES HIT THE USS OKLAHOMA

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THE IMMEDIATE TOLL

O�cers Crew Total

Wounded 2 24 26

Dead 0 22 22

Missing 21 385 406

A U.S. Navy report of the attack, dated Dec. 15, 1941, o�ers this summary of the dead, wounded and missing from the USS Oklahoma.

�e Japanese sank or severely damaged 18 U.S. ships (some not shown here), including eight battleships, three light cruisers and three destroyers. On the airfields, the Japanese destroyed 161 American planes and seriously damaged 102.

�e Marine Corps su�ered 178 casualties, of which 109 were deaths and 69 wounded.

�e Navy su�ered 2,718 casualties, of which 2,008 were deaths and 710 wounded.

�e Army su�ered 341 casualties, of which 228 were deaths and 113 wounded.

In addition, at least 57 civilians were killed, and nearly as many were seriously injured.

�e Japanese lost 29 planes and 55 airmen during the attack. �e Japanese carrier task force sailed away undetected and unscathed.

At 7:55 a.m. on Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese dive bombers, fighter bombers and torpedo planes attacked the U.S.naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu. Approximately 360 Japanese planes took part in the attack, which lasted less than two hours.

INITIAL TOLL RECOVERY

Sources: “Salvage of the Battleship USS Oklahoma,” by F. H. Whittacker, U.S. Navy, World War II Database, Oklahoma Historical Society, and Naval History and Heritage Command THE WASHINGTON POST

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At about 7:56 a.m., three torpedoes struck the Oklahoma’s port side. �e ship immediately began to list to port.

It finally rolled over completely about 8:08 a.m., a mere 12 minutes a�er the attack began.

�e speed of the rollover le� hundreds of men trapped inside. Once the attack was over, salvage operations began and continued for as long as hope remained. �irty-two men were rescued from the partially sunken vessel.

More torpedoes struck the Oklahoma’s side at higher levels as the ship listed. Nine torpedoes are estimated to have struck the battleship.

THE SINKING

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