Oklahoma parted her tow line and sank May 17, 1947. 540 miles out, bound from Pearl Harbor to San Francisco. Today, there is a memorial to the USS Oklahoma and the 429 sailors and marines lost on December 7, 1941, located on Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii....
1. On the morning of Sunday, December 7, 1941, U.S.S. TENNESSEE was moored with her starboard side to the quay at berth F-6, Pearl Harbor. U.S.S. WEST VIRGINIA was moored alongside, ARIZONA astern, and MARYLAND and OKLAHOMA ahead as shown onPlate I. The wind was force 2 on the...