Keywords: blackandwhite monochrome black and white Lot 5365-8: Launching of USS Oklahoma (BB 37) at New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, New Jersey, March 23, 1914. This photograph shows Oklahoma going down the ways. The ship’s sponsor was Ms. Lorena J. Cruce, daughter of Oklahoma Governor Lee Cruce, christening the battleship. Oklahoma capsized during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, and while being towed to be scrapped on May 17, 1947, she sank during a heavy storm. Collection of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (9/11/2015). Lot 5365-8: Launching of USS Oklahoma (BB 37) at New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, New Jersey, March 23, 1914. This photograph shows Oklahoma going down the ways. The ship’s sponsor was Ms. Lorena J. Cruce, daughter of Oklahoma Governor Lee Cruce, christening the battleship. Oklahoma capsized during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, and while being towed to be scrapped on May 17, 1947, she sank during a heavy storm. Collection of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (9/11/2015). |