1923 PHOTO USS OKLAHOMA RIFLE PARTY FOOT LONG 2-PIECE 19 x 6 1/2 CAMP LEWIS
1923 PHOTO USS OKLAHOMA RIFLE PARTY FOOT LONG 2-PIECE 19 x 6 1/2 CAMP LEWIS. Amazing photo – USS OKLAHOMA BB-37 Crew st a rifle range – captioned “USS OKLAHOMA RIFLE PARTY CAMP LEWIS APRIL 1923″. Photo is in two parts with each being 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 for a total size of 19″ x 6 1/2″. 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. After the war, she served in both the United States Battle Fleet and Scouting Fleet. Oklahoma was modernized between 1927 and 1929. In 1936, she rescued American citizens and refugees from the Spanish Civil War. On returning to the West Coast in August of the same year, Oklahoma spent the rest of her service in the Pacific. Some sailors inside escaped when rescuers drilled holes and opened hatches to rescue them. Unlike most of the other battleships that were recovered following Pearl Harbor, Oklahoma was too damaged to return to duty.
