Photo #: NH 64493
Salvage of USS Oklahoma (BB-37), 1942-44
Lifting section # 1 of the five-section main cofferdam patch
used to seal the ship's port side amidships, from frames 43 to
75.
Stevedoring barge YS-109 is in the left center background.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval History and Heritage Command.
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Photo #: NH 64495
Salvage of USS Oklahoma (BB-37), 1942-44
Preparing the ship for refloating, after she had been righted.
Photographed on 20 September 1943, looking forward from off the
port side. Note large cofferdam patch installed from frames 43
to 75 to seal the extensive torpedo damage in that area. The
patch was 130 feet long and 57½ feet high.
Righting cables are still in place between the ship and Ford
Island.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval History and Heritage Command.
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Photo #: NH 64496
Salvage of USS Oklahoma (BB-37), 1942-44
Aerial view from off the port side, 6 November 1943, after the
ship had been refloated.
Note the large cofferdam patch installed from frames 43 to 75
to seal the extensive torpedo damage in that area, and cofferdams
built around the main deck edge by the after turrets to increase
the waterplane area and improve stability during the refloating
process.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval History and Heritage Command.
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Photo #: NH 64304
USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
Salvager adjusting the discharge hose from a submersible pump
in the sunken battleship's 14" magazine space, during refloating
operations at Pearl Harbor, 12 November 1943.
Note oil-covered structure and 14" powder tanks; and headlamp
worn by the salvage worker.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval History and Heritage Command.
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Photo #: NH 64497
Salvage of USS Oklahoma (BB-37), 1942-44
View from off the port side, 24 December 1943, more than a month
and a half after refloating and four days before the ship entered
drydock.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval History and Heritage Command.
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Photo #: NH 92097
USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
Pencil plan of the ship's midships section, showing arrangements
for ballasting and refloating. Probably drawn at the Pearl Harbor
Navy Yard in late 1943 or early 1944, after the ship had been
drydocked.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval History and Heritage Command.
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Photo #: NH 63917
USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
In Drydock Number Two at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, 1 January
1944, after removal of patches.
This view looks aft from about Frame 35 and shows the extensive
torpedo damage to her port side. Note displaced armor plate sections,
with some missing.
Debris on the drydock floor is mainly concrete used to seal the
patches.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval History and Heritage Command.
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Photo #: NH 78940
USS Wisconsin (BB-64)
Tied up outboard of the hulk of USS Oklahoma (BB-37),
at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, 11 November 1944.
Note: anti-torpedo netting outboard of the ships; great difference
in lengths of these two battleships.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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