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USS Oklahoma 2

USS Oklahoma

The two ships of the Oklahoma class, USS Nevada and USS Oklahoma, were authorized in 1911 and launched in 1912. The Oklahoma displaced 34,000 tons, with an overall length of 583 feet, and a beam of 107 feet, 11 inches. Her reciprocating engines produced 25,300 horsepower through twin screws driving the ship at 20.5 knots. Her main armament consisted of ten 14-inch .45 caliber rifles and for her second battery; she carried twelve 5-inch .25 caliber anti-aircraft guns. The ship normally carried three scouting seaplanes atop her turrets and quarterdeck catapult, and a crew of 1,301.

On the morning of Dec.7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor, the USS Oklahoma was moored outboard the USS Maryland in a state of complete unreadiness. Most of her watertight manhole covers had been removed, and she was moored in a very exposed position on the east side of Ford Island. She received torpedo hits almost immediately after the attack began and started listing over the starboard side. Ultimately, she was to absorb a total of nine torpedoes. During the war the ship was salvaged in a singularly grand effort, but spent the remainder of the war at quayside, awaiting the decision of what was to be done with her. Probably due to her reciprocating engines, the decision was made not to restore her. Her guns were used as replacements for the battleship USS Pennsylvania and others. After the decision had been made to sell her for scrap, after the 1946 tugs began towing towards the US, towards scrapping, the once proud hulk, five hundred miles out of Pearl Harbor, unaccountably began to list. During one dark, calm night, the USS Oklahoma sank at the end of her towline, rejecting the final indignity of being scrapped.

Art Paper Giclée:
Paper Size 18" x 24",
Image Size 14"x 21" :
$125.00

Art Paper Giclée, Educational
Historic text displayed under image
Paper size 18" x 24" , Image size 13" x 20"
Print-on-demand open edition, recorded ID number
$125.00

Canvas Edition:
Image size 24" x 36"
Limited to 100
For this painting our reduced size image on paper is a print-on-demand open edition; the larger giclées are canvas and limited in number. These digital reproductions are crafted at the time of the order and this art print will not be made available in a mass-production format.
The above print-on-demand giclée art prints come signed by the artist, numbered, and documented. Artist's Certificate of Authenticity includes full discloslure and is available upon request at no addditional charge. Our giclée prints are individually hand crafted using durable acid-free art paper (exceeding density of 250 gsm), museum quality canvas and UV-stable inks. This image is not available as an offset lithograph.
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