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USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was a Nevada-class battleship built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation for the United States Navy, notable for being the first American class of oil-burning dreadnoughts. Commissioned in 1916, the ship served in World War I as a part of Battleship Division Six, protecting Allied convoys on their way across the Atlantic.
Maine and Texas were part of the "New Navy" program of the 1880s. Texas and BB-1 to BB-4 were authorized as "coast defense battleships", but Maine was ordered as an armored cruiser and was only re-rated as a "second class battleship" when she turned out too slow to be a cruiser.
The Nevada class comprised two dreadnought battleships—Nevada and Oklahoma—built for the United States Navy in the 1910s. [a] They were significant developments in battleship design, being the first in the world to adopt "all or nothing" armor, a major step forward in armor protection because it emphasized protection optimized for long-range engagements before the Battle of Jutland ...
Belt armor is a layer of heavy metal armor plated onto or within the outer hulls of warships, typically on battleships, battlecruisers and cruisers, and aircraft carriers. The belt armor is designed to prevent projectiles from penetrating to the heart of a warship.
USS Northampton wearing Measure 5 (fake bow wave) with Measure 1. Measure 6: Cruiser Measure 6 made a Brooklyn or St. Louis-class cruisers resemble a New Orleans-class cruiser, [6] by painting a New Orleans silhouette on both sides: Light Gray on a Measure 1 ship, or Dark Gray on a Measure 2 or 3 ship. [a] Measure 7
BB-36 Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts: 4 November 1912 11 July 1914 11 March 1916 29 August 1946 Struck 12 August 1948; sunk as a target, 31 July 1948 Oklahoma: BB-37 New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey: 26 October 1912 23 March 1914 2 May 1916 1 September 1944
for Alaska-class large cruisers: Guam: MS-33/8C: for Brooklyn-class light cruisers: not used MS-31a/9C: for Baltimore-class heavy cruisers: not used MS-31a/10C: for Cleveland-class light cruisers: Amsterdam: Adapted designs: MS-32/11A (aircraft carrier) adapted to Cleveland-class light cruisers: Montpelier, Duluth: MS-32/1D (destroyer) adapted ...
USS Oklahoma wearing experimental camouflage, circa 1917. Edwin Taylor Pollock captained the USS Oklahoma from 5 July 1921 to 13 January 1922. USS Oklahoma was a battleship that served in the United States Navy from 2 May 1916, to 1 September 1944. The ship capsized and sank during the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, but she was righted in 1943. While other ships sunk during the ...