Photo #: NH 83994
Under Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal (left)
With Rear Admiral William R. Furlong (right), Commandant of the
Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, and another officer, on board the capsized
hull of USS Oklahoma (BB-37), at Pearl Harbor on 6 September
1942. The ship was then in the early stages of salvage.
Note the two battleships in the background, moored alongside
Ford Island. They are Pennsylvania (BB-38), in center,
and either Maryland (BB-46) or Colorado (BB-45).
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of The
Honorable James V. Forrestal.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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