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NH 64495 USS Oklahoma (BB-37)

Photo #: NH 64495 Salvage of USS Oklahoma (BB-37), 1942-44
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Description: 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.
Catalog #: NH 64495
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