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| Laid down: | 26 October 1912 |
| Launched: | 23 March 1914 |
| Commissioned: | 2 May 1916 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 September 1944 |
| Fate: | fatally damaged in Attack on Pearl Harbor, sold for scrap but sunk during transport |
| General Characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Displacement: | 27,500 t |
| Length: | 583 ft |
| Beam: | 95.3 ft |
| Draft: | 28.5 ft |
| Speed: | 20.5 knots |
| Complement: | 864 officers and men |
| Armament: | 10 x 14-inch guns, 20 x 5-inch guns, 4 x 21-inch torpedo tubes |
USS Oklahoma (BB-37), a Nevada-class battleship was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 46th state. Her keel was laid down on 26 October 1912 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey. She was launched on 23 March 1914 sponsored by Miss Lorena J. Cruce, and commissioned at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 2 May 1916 with Captain Roger Welles in command. She was the last ship of the U.S. Navy to be installed with vertical triple expansion (VTE) reciprocating machinery instead of steam turbines; she had a vibration problem throughout her lifetime as a result.
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