(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); There are 258 crew members registered for the USS Oklahoma City (CLG 5). If you contact a Shipmate through HullNumber, your email address is not displayed in the message to your Shipmate. | William Sherman Bobbitt. The men stood watches on the bridge, in the six inch turret and five inch gun mount. C. B. Hunt's command with the hull number CL-91 and served in the U.S. Navy for 22 years until it was decommissioned on December 15, 1979. forward rearming and refueling stations. On 28 December, Oklahoma was towed into drydock No. [48] Oklahoma had begun to sink straight down, causing water to swamp the sterns of both tugs. [4] The Nevada-class ships were the first of the US Navy's Standard-type battleships, of which 12 were completed by 1923. began to spend more and more time in the South China Sea and eventually 0 users currently logged in and 73 visitors active. She was subsequently moved to a dock near the new Argentine battleship Moreno and Chinese cruiser Fei Hung, soon to be the Greek Elli, for fitting-out. He was buried in a mass grave with his shipmates. For The
USS Oklahoma City (CL-91/CLG-5/CG-5) was one of 27 United States Navy Cleveland -class light cruisers completed during or shortly after World War II, and one of six to be converted to guided missile cruisers. This division maintained the aft third of the ship. She arrived in Yokosuka, Japan 20 December
. Vernon P. Keaton, 18, of Lubbock, Texas, Fireman 1st Class Leo T. Keninger, 20, of Ackley, Iowa, Fireman 1st Class Elmer T. Kerestes, 22, of Holding Township, Minnesota, Baker 2nd Class David L. Kesler, 23, of Berthoud, Colorado, Electricians Mate 3rd Class William A. Klasing, 19, of Trenton, Illinois, Coxswain Verne F. Knipp, 22, of Salida, Colorado, Seaman 2nd Class D.T. She arrived at Yokosuka 20
Your ORIGINAL HOMETOWN and State are asked for because that confirms who you are in your shipmate's memories. [69] Login| After the war, she served in both the United States Battle Fleet and Scouting Fleet. The Departments were organized into weapons, engineering, supply and other functional units. It was organized into Divisions that performed specific
On Sunday December 7, 1941 the U.S.S. Her wreck was eventually stripped of her remaining armament and superstructure before being sold for scrap in 1946. [21], Oklahoma left for Portland on 26 November, joined there by Arizona on 30 November, Nevada on 4 December, and Battleship Division Nine's ships shortly after. Married, living in SW Florida. [13] On 23 October 1915, she was 98.1 percent complete. 32 men
Maryland, starboard side to, at Berth F-5, Pearl Harbor, T.H. working with journalists, and general publicity. N3 Division
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She was the latest in a series of 22 battleships and seven armored cruisers ordered by the United States Navy between 1900 and 1911. SPG-49 tracking radars to acquire targets and the SPW-2 transmitters to guide the
Julio DeCastro, a Hawaiian civilian yard worker, organized a team that saved 32 Oklahoma sailors. OE Division
They were responsible for maintenance and operation of the gun fire control equipment, the Mk 37 director
Here is an excerpt from the December 1941 muster roll changes for the USS Blue, he is number 4 on the list. [30], On 7 December 1941, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Oklahoma was moored in berth Fox 5, on Battleship Row,[31] in the outboard position alongside the battleship Maryland. Looking for US Navy memorabilia?
I think that Blue was evacuated after salvage efforts failed, the surviving crew were taken off by Canberra and another ship. serving as flagship for CruDiv 3 and CruDesFlot 9, then departed 1 December for I wonder who has the record for most ships sunk from under them. United States. There were 2,402 US deaths from the attack. [49], Both tug skippers had fortunately loosened their cable drums connecting the 1,400-foot (430m) tow lines to Oklahoma.
The Modern Military Branch, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001, has custody of deck logs from 1941 to 1983, as well as muster rolls created. Savage, 19, of Dexter, New York, Seaman 2nd Class Charles L. Saunders, 18, of Winnie, Texas, Lt. j.g. Part of the Oklahoma sat submerged near Ford Island while many of her crew lay in unidentified mass graves. USSSchmitt(DE-676) was named for Father Aloysius Schmitt. 76 men
The Cleveland class was a group of light cruisers built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. Oklahoma City was my first ship, if only for a summer "Cruise". 3 officers
1975 1977 Due to arrive on Memorial Day, a delegation of nearly 500 Oklahomans led by Governor Roy J. Turner planned to visit and pay final respects to the ship. Though lacking Vertical Launch Systems, the Seawolf class has eight torpedo tubes and can hold up to 50 weapons in its torpedo room. On 14 December she entered the Long Beach Naval Shipyard for restricted
The VA's list of ships considered to be operating temporarily on Vietnam Inland Waterways. With the war ending in 1974, continued to return to the Western Pacific periodically until decommissioned in 1979.
USS Bolster (ARS-38) crew operated on land to extract USS Clark County (LST-601) from beach after grounding at Duc Pho from November 18 to December 1, 1967 . until 15 August when she entered the Marc Island Navy Yard for inactivation.
The Departments were organized into weapons, engineering, supply and other functional units. 12 men
The USS Blue was also sunk later in the war. After the war, she served in both the United . equipment and the watertight integrity of the ship. Search crew members| [26], The Pacific Fleet operations of Oklahoma during the next four years included joint operations with the Army and the training of reservists. Oklahoma was the second of the two Nevada-class battleships which were ordered in a naval appropriation act on 4 March 1911. laboratory. command. 10 men
8 March 1942. Significant improvements, however, were made in the Standard-type ships as naval technology progressed. She was sold to Moore Drydock Co. of Oakland, California for $46,127. These were subdivided into Divisions
ship participated in SEATO training operations, received two awards for They maintained and operated the Commander Seventh Fleet helicopter to provide transportation between the ship and other ships and shore
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Yard, San Francisco, where conversion to a guided missile light cruiser Got 3 kids, one in college, and 5 and 7 year olds. C. B. Laid down. I enjoyed serving aboard the ship for 2 years duty as Watch Captain on S-2 Division.Visiting foreign ports in South East Asian countries was very fun & memorable that I'll never forget in my entire life. uss gonzalez runs aground. USS Hamner (DD-718) docked to pier with destroyer tender at Da Nang during April 11-12, 1972 USS Epperson (DD-719) docked to Da Nang Pier on October 4, 1970 USS James C. Owens (DD-776) docked at Cam Ranh Bay on April 30, 1968 USS Richard B Anderson (DD-786) docked to pier at Da Nang on August 29, 1972 USS Oklahoma City (CL-91) was a Cleveland class light cruiser that saw three months of active service in the pacific during the Second World War and that went on to be converted into a guided missile cruiser and serve in that role for nearly twenty years.
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The Stores Division stocked and reordered all material necessary to maintain ship. Wish I could go back in time and enjoy some of the good times again. They left San Francisco on 15 April 1925, arrived in Hawaii, on 27 April, where they conducted war games. Their duties were writing speeches, taking pictures, writing the fleet's history,
[35] In less than twelve minutes, she rolled over until halted by her masts touching bottom, her starboard side above water, and a part of her keel exposed. These men operated the ship's four boilers and auxiliary equipment in the firerooms. Commissioned for service in 1988, the USS Oklahoma City has been home to a 140-person crew and traveled around the globe, including to the Mediterranean, the Persian Gulf, the Eastern Pacific and its home port of Guam. USS Jack SS-259/SSN605 Combined Crew Reunion The reunion will be held in Groton CT from July 18-July 20, 2003. Naval Reserve Machinists Mate 1st Class Paul H. Gebser, 39, of San Diego, Electricians Mate 3rd Class George Harvey Gibson, 20, of Winchester, Kansas, Radioman 2nd Class Quentin J. Gifford, 22, of Mankato, Minnesota, Fire Controlman 2nd Class George Gilbert, 20, Seaman 1st Class Warren C. Gillette, 21, of Klamath Falls, Oregon, Machinists Mate 1st Class Arthur Glenn, 43, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Seaman 1st Class Clifford G. Goodwin, 24, of Marion Township, Missouri, Ships Cook 3rd Class Robert Goodwin, 20, of Wichita, Kansas, Electricians Mate 3rd Class George M. Gooch, 22, of Laclede, Missouri, Seaman 1st Class Wesley E. Graham, 21, of Watervliet, Michigan, Radioman 3rd Class Thomas E. Griffith, 20, of Dayton, Ohio, Water Tender 2nd Class Edgar D. Gross, 39, of Athens, Alabama, Seaman 2nd Class Vernon N. Grow, 25, of Redding, California, Seaman 2nd Class Hubert P. Hall, 20, of Floyd County, Kentucky, Marine Corps Reserve Pvt. 50 men
In 1950, all unidentified remains from Oklahoma were buried in 61 caskets in 45 graves at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. while home ported in San Diego, and the First Fleet staff organization would have been similar. [40], By early 1942, it was determined that Oklahoma could be salvaged and that she was a navigational hazard, having rolled into the harbor's navigational channel. Back to the USS Oklahoma City (CLG 5) page|Crew List main page| They were the most numerous class of light cruisers ever built. He was buried in a mass grave with his shipmates. gave on the facebook page, but there was no match to the December 7th 1941 crew. They stood watches in the six inch turret and five inch mount. Using the DNA profiles of surviving family members, the remains of Samuel Crowder were positively identified. [71] After a final push to identify as many of the remaining unknown crew members as possible, the Department of Defense announced that they had identified a total 396 crew members. 16 men
[15], Following commissioning, the ship remained along the East Coast of the United States, primarily visiting various Navy yards. USS Oklahoma, 1927 In May of 1916, the USS Oklahoma was the 37th battleship commissioned by the United States Navy.
Add yours! Air was pumped into interior chambers and improvised airlocks built into the ship, forcing 20,000 tonnes (19,684 long tons; 22,046 short tons) of water out of the ship through the torpedo holes. [55] Only 35 of the 429 sailors and Marines who died on Oklahoma were identified in the years following the attack. The ship was salvaged in 1943. A Division
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As built, she also carried 21 5-inch (127mm)/51 caliber guns, primarily for defense against destroyers and torpedo boats. USS Midway Museum: One time is great - See 25,384 traveller reviews, 13,540 candid photos, and great deals for San Diego, CA, at Tripadvisor. Even though it was cost-prohibitive to do so, the job of salvaging Oklahoma commenced on 15 July 1942, under the immediate command of Captain F. H. Whitaker, and a team from the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. I was on the decommissioning crew. The ship was planned to be retired on 2 May 1942.
She was then put up for auction at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on 26 November 1946, with her engines, boilers, turbo generators, steering units and about 24,000 tonnes (23,621 long tons; 26,455 short tons) of structural steel deemed salvageable. She battled the Japanese in 1945 and then served as part of the occupation force of Japan. In 1936, she rescued American citizens and refugees from the Spanish Civil War.
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This included the Seventh Fleet Band and the Photo Lab. USS Oklahoma City (CLG 5) Crew List The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Oklahoma City (CLG 5). 7 men
[72], Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}2458N 1506W / 24.967N 150.100W / 24.967; -150.100 (Approximate sinking position of the USS Oklahoma (BB-37)), Approximate sinking position of the USS Oklahoma (BB-37), National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, List of commanding officers of USS Oklahoma (BB-37), "Chronology Of The Attack From The Deck Logs Of The Vessels Moored At Pearl Harbor December 7 1941", How a Booklet of General Plans Helped Save 32 Trapped Sailors After the Attack on Pearl Harbor, "Team effort brings Oklahoma mast to name state", "Not Forgotten, and Gone: the Fate of the Battleship Oklahoma", "USS Oklahoma | Oklahoma Historical Society", "DoD Seeks to Identify Unaccounted-for USS Oklahoma Crew Members", "DPAA Reaches Milestone in USS Oklahoma Identifications", "Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency> Our Missing> Recently Accounted For", "Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency> News & Stories> Releases", "DPAA makes 200th identification from USS, "300th USS Oklahoma Service Member Identified", "No longer 'Unknown': Offutt lab wraps up identification of USS Oklahoma dead", "Remains from the USS Oklahoma that could not be ID'd will be reinterred at Punchbowl", "DOD Identifies Most Remains of Those Killed on USS Oklahoma", "USS Oklahoma Sailors Accounted For From World War II (Group ID)", "Dictionary of American naval fighting ships / Vol.5, Historical sketches: letters N through Q", Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, "Chronology Of The Attack From The Deck Logs Of The Vessels Moored At Pearl Harbor December 7 1941 Compiled For The Pearl Harbor Court Of Inquiry Hearings", "Battleship Photo Archive BB-37 USS Oklahoma", 2003: Survivors dedicate Pearl Harbor USS, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_Oklahoma_(BB-37)&oldid=1142394104, This page was last edited on 2 March 2023, at 04:13. It was flown to Tinker Air Force Base then delivered to the Muskogee War Memorial Park in Muskogee, in 2010, where the 40-foot-long (12m), 25,000-pound (11,340kg), barnacle-encrusted mast section is now on permanent outdoor display. These men stood watches as lookouts and in CIC. On 15 June 1919, she returned to Brest, escorting Wilson on a second trip, and returned to New York, on 8 July. [14] She was commissioned at Philadelphia, on 2 May 1916, with Captain Roger Welles in command. Would you like to have such a crew list on your website? 26 men
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The tug Hercules put her searchlight on the former battleship, revealing that she had begun listing heavily. later to CLG-5. The USS OKLAHOMA CITY (CLG-5), a Galveston class guided missile cruiser, was commissioned on 22 DEC 1944 as CL-91. The third torpedo struck at 08:00, near Frame 65, hitting close to where the first two did, penetrating the hull, destroying the adjacent fuel bunkers on the second platform deck and rupturing access trunks to the two forward boiler rooms as well as the transverse bulkhead to the aft boiler room and the longitudinal bulkhead of the two forward firing rooms. 4 men
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The 191-foot cargo vessel collided with a grain hauler on a blustery night in September 1894, sinking both. [58] By December 2017, the identity of 100 crew members had been discovered, and with the numbers of sailor and Marine identities increasing at a steady pace, the 200th unknown was identified by 26 February 2019. Hunt in Copyright 2023 HullNumber.com. The hulk sank in a storm while being towed from Oahu, Hawaii, to a breakers yard in San Francisco Bay in 1947. Unlike most of the other battleships that were recovered following Pearl Harbor, Oklahoma was too damaged to return to duty. View pictures, specs, and pricing on our huge selection of vehicles. Flag operations provided meteorological and oceanographic information for air, surface and subsurface operations. They disbursed payroll and processed travel
. Commissioned in 1916, the ship served in World War I as a part of Battleship Division Six, protecting Allied convoys on their way across the Atlantic. FM Division
The severest structural damage on the hull was also repaired to make the ship watertight. Department Heads reported to the Executive Officer, who reported to the Captain. They performed Talos missile assembly, testing and preparation for flight,
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About 80 men scrambled to man the AA guns on deck, but were unable to use them because the firing locks were in the armory. 30 men
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For almost 60 years, there was no memorial to commemorate the men or their ship. At the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, which is known as Punchbowl, the final group remains of USS Oklahoma crew who couldn't be identified through an unprecedented six-year Defense Department effort will be reburied at 11 :30 a.m. in a single casket, according to the Honolulu veterans cemetery. Crowder was killed on the USS Oklahoma. 345597 entries available online. HI Personnel were organized into Divisions. Most of the battleships that were recovered after Pearl . USS Oklahoma City (SSN-723), a Los Angeles-class submarine, is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In the first ten minutes of the battle, though, eight torpedoes hit the Oklahoma, and she began to capsize. This group was made up of Seventh Fleet staff and ship's company.
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Chaplain's Assistants, Legal and Master at Arms. Waldean Black, 20, of Perryton, Texas, Boilermaker 1st Class William E. Blanchard, 24, of Tignall, Georgia, Fireman 3rd Class Clarence A. Blaylock, 20, Machinists Mate 2nd Class Leo Blitz, and Navy Fireman 1st Class Rudolph Blitz, both 20, of Lincoln, Nebraska, Bandmaster James B. Booe, 42, of Veedersburg, Indiana, Navy Mess Attendant 1st Class Ralph M. Boudreaux, 20, of New Orleans, Louisiana, Seaman 2nd Class Raymond D. Boynton, 19, of Grandville, Michigan, Fireman 2nd Class Carl M. Bradley, 19, of Shelley, Idaho, Seaman 1st Class Oris V. Brandt, 20, of Kentland, Indiana, Fire Controlman 3rd Class Jack A. Breedlove, 19, Fireman 1st Class Wesley J. He bore full responsibility for everything the ship did and
OKLAHOMA CITY then spent twenty years in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility in Suisun Bay, CA, until sunk in a Fleet exercise off of Guam in March 1999. Stony, They stood watches
After her sea trials, she joined the Atlantic Fleet and saw duty on the Eastern Seaboard, where she protected convoys during World War I. . 41 men
The ship was built at the Cramp Shipbuilding Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was launched on 20 February, 1944. He was responsible for ensuring the ship was capable of carrying out it's assigned duties. liverpool v nottingham forest 1989 team line ups; best crews to join in gta 5. jay chaudhry house; bimbo bakeries buying back routes; pauline taylor seeley cause of death Navigation Officer
A lot of souvenir photos were available at the time, as the Fleet was based out of San Pedro/Long Beach. USSStern(DE-187) was named for Ensign Charles M. Stern, Jr. USSAustin was named for Chief Carpenter John Arnold Austin, who was also posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his actions during the attack. [36] Many of her crew, however, remained in the fight, clambering aboard Maryland to help serve her anti-aircraft batteries. 2 officers
Following her yard period, The USS Oklahoma Survivors Paul A. Goodyear (OHS Collections). The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Oklahoma City (CLG 5). Hastings 11. However, Hercules' cables did not release until the last possible moment, leaving her tossing and pitching above the grave of the sunken Oklahoma. As was previously planned, the crew remains that could not be identified, numbering only 33, would be reinterred at the Punchbowl Cemetery, during a ceremony on 7 December, that will coincide with the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, 80 years earlier. They supervised operation
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