Photo #: NH 64495
Salvage of USS Oklahoma (BB-37), 1942-44
Preparing the ship for refloating, after she had been righted.
Photographed on 20 September 1943, looking forward from off the
port side. Note large cofferdam patch installed from frames 43
to 75 to seal the extensive torpedo damage in that area. The
patch was 130 feet long and 57½ feet high.
Righting cables are still in place between the ship and Ford
Island.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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