To: caww
The Oklahoma was rolled upright in 1943 and was towed out of the way for the duration of the war. She was sold for scrap in 1947, an inglorious end for such a historic ship, but she escaped this fate when she sank under tow in deep water midway between Hawaii and the West Coast.
78 posted on
12/06/2011 7:57:28 PM PST by
Stonewall Jackson
(Democrats: "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.")
To: Stonewall Jackson
WOw....am just getting back to Free Republic after a very long day at work...sorry I missed all tese posts but will catc up now.
That’s pretty neat the Oklahoma went down in tow...A fitting end IMO.
235 posted on
12/07/2011 9:27:56 PM PST by
caww
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