National Park Service USS Oklahoma Memorial U.S. Department of the Interior USS Arizona Memorial Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Honoring the Oklahoma Why a Memorial? The USS Oklahoma Memorial stands to honor the 429 men who lost their lives aboard the Oklahoma on December 7th, 1941. These men were not only sailors and Marines, they were 429 brothers, sons, husbands, and fathers. Edward F. Slapikas, Sea1c, always lent a helping hand to younger sailors. John L. Wortham, GM2c, looked forward to returning to his wife and baby boy. Slapikas, Wortham and their crewmates never went home; on December 7th Japanese torpedoes destroyed their ship and lives in mere minutes. Their memorial stands on the shores of Ford Island, next to the former berth of the Oklahoma. Those who escaped and swam ashore may have walked or crawled across this ground. To them these shores were a place of sanctuary, or a place they longed for as they lay trapped inside the capsized Oklahoma. For us, it is a place to remember. Aubrey McClendon Family Creating the Memorial The horrendous number of deaths on the USS Oklahoma— Beck Design Group 429— was second only to the 1,177 men who perished aboard Chesapeake Energy Clifford Projects Inc. the USS Arizona. For almost 60 years, there was no memorial Governor and Mrs. Brad Henry Inasmuch Foundation to commemorate the men or their ship. Part of the Oklahoma Kirkpatrick Family Fund James and Madalynee Norrick Foundation sat submerged near Ford Island while many of her crew lay in James and Teresa Day unidentified mass graves. At the Punchbowl cemetery, where John and Jerry Marshall Foundation McCasland Foundation countless young servicemen rest, no one knew exactly where Nan Inc. Construction Oklahoma Centennial Commission the Oklahoma crew was buried. It seemed to some that the OG&E Foundation Okie had been forgotten. Beginning in 2000, USS Oklahoma ONEOK Foundation, Inc PELCO Products, Inc. survivors, members of the USS Oklahoma Memorial at Pearl Preferred Tape, Inc. Robert Glenn Rapp Foundation Harbor Committee, and hundreds of others came together The Kerr Foundation to create the memorial. In 2006, President Bush officially The Love Family The Meinders Foundation signed the memorial into law as a national memorial entrust- The Oxley Foundation The Rainbolt Family ed to the National Park Service. On December 7th, 2007, the The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation memorial was formally dedicated as an enduring reminder of The Waters Foundation Triple C Lighting the Oklahoma and her crew. To those listed at right we owe a United States Navy League - OK City Council Wallace Engineering debt of gratitude for their contributions to this effort. W & W Steel Architectual Theory The memorial’s black granite walls suggest the once formidable hull of the Oklahoma while the white marble standards represent its lost sailors and Marines. Each perfectly aligned marble standard symbolizes an individual in pristine white dress uniform, inspired from the naval tradition of ‘manning the rails.’ In full dress whites the ship’s crew stand at attention along the rails or in the rigging of the ship to display respect and honor. The marble standards of this memorial stand perfectly straight, ‘manning the rails’ of the Oklahoma, forever. Visiting the Memorial N To visit the memorial purchase shuttle tickets at the USS Bowfin ticket counter, just north of the USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center. Combine the Oklahoma Memorial with visits to the Battleship Missouri Memorial Museum or the Pacific Aviation Museum, also located on Ford Island. Tickets include transport to all three sites. Personal cameras and one water bottle per visitor are permitted, but purses, handbags, camera bags, or items that permit concealment are not allowed. May We Never Forget Those of the Oklahoma United States Navy Marvin B. Adkins, GM3c Wallace E. Eakes, SK3c Jesse B. Jenson, GM3c James N. Phipps, Sea2c Victor P. Tumlinson, FC3c Willard H. AIdridge, Sea1c Eugene K. Eberhardt, MM1c Charles H. Johannes, Sea2c Gerald H. Pirtle, F1c Billy Turner, Sea1c Hugh R. Alexander, Lt. Comdr David B. Edmonston, Sea2c Billy J. Johnson, F1c Rudolph V. Piskuran, Sea2c Louis J. Tushla, F1c Stanley W. Allen, Ens (VO-1) Earl M. Ellis, RM3c Edward D. Johnson, F1c Herbert J. Poindexter, Jr., Sea1c Russell O. Ufford, Sea2c Hal J. Allison, F2c Bruce H. Ellison, RM3c Joseph M. Johnson, Sea1c Brady 0. Prewitt, Sea2c Lowell E. Valley, F2c Leon Arickx, Sea1c Julius Ellsberry, MAtt1c Jim H. Johnston, F1c Robert L. Pribble, FC3c Durrell Wade, AMM2c Kenneth B. Armstrong, Mldr1c John C. England, Ens Charles A. Jones, Sea2c George F. Price, F1c Lewis L. Wagoner, Sea2c Daryle E. Artley, QM2c Ignacio C. Farfan, MAtt1c Fred M. Jones, MM1c Lewis B. Pride, Jr., Ens Harry E. Walker, SK1c John C. Auld, Sea2c Luther J. Farmer, MM1c Jerry Jones, MAtt3c Jasper L. Pue, Jr., F3c Robert N. Walkowiak, F3c John A. Austin, Chf Carp Lawrence H. Fecho, F1c Julian B. Jordan, Lt. Paul S. Raimond, Sea1c Eugene A. Walpole, Sea2c Walter H. Backman, RM2c Charlton H. Ferguson, Mus2c Wesley V. Jordan, Sea1c Eldon C. Ray, SK3c Charles E. Walters, Sea2c Gerald J. Bailey, Sea1c Robert A. Fields, EM3c Thomas V. Jurashen, Sea2c Dan E. Reagan, F1c * James R. Ward, Sea1c Robert E. Bailey, SF3c William M. Finnegan, Ens Albert U. Kane, F1c Leo B. Regan, WT1c Edward Wasielewski, Sea1c Wilbur F. Ballance, Sea1c * Francis C. Flaherty, Ens John A. Karli, Sea1c Irvin F. Rice, RM3c Richard L. Watson, Sea1c Layton T. Banks, Cox James M. Flanagan, Sea2c Howard V. Keifer. RM3c Porter L. Rich, WT2c James C. Webb, F1c Leroy K. Barber, F1c Felicismo Florese, OS2c Ralph H. Keil, Sea1c Clyde Ridenour, Jr., RM3c William E. Welch, Sea1c Malcolm J. Barber, F1c Walter C. Foley, Sea1c Donald G. Keller. Sea1c David J. Riley, Sea2c Alfred F. Wells, MM1c Randolph H. Barber, F2c George P. Foote, SK3c Joe M. Kelley, Sea2c Russell C. Roach, Sea1c Ernest R. West, Sea1c Cecil E. Barncord, EM3c George C. Ford F2c Warren J. Kempf, RM3c Joseph M. Robertson, Sea2c John D. Wheeler, F2c Wilber C. Barrett, Sea2c Joy C. French, Sea2c Leo T. Keninger, F1c Harold W. Roesch, Sea1c Claude White, CWT (PA) Harold E. Bates, F1c Tedd M. Furr, CCM (AA) William H. Kennedy, F1c Walter B. Rogers, F1c Jack D. White, Sea1c Ralph C. Battles, F2c Michael Galajdik, F1c Elmer T. Kerestes, F1c Joseph C. Rouse, Sea1c Alton W. Whitson, EM3c Earl P. Baum, Sea1c Martin A. Gara. F2c David L. Kesler. Bkr2c Charles L. Ruse, Mus2c Eugene W. Wicker, Sea1c Howard W. Bean, RM3c Jesus F. Garcia, MAtt2c William A. Klasing, EM3c Edmund T. Ryan, Y3c Lloyd P. Wiegand, Mus2c Walter S. Belt, Jr., F1c Eugene Garris, MAtt2c Verne F. Knipp, Cox Roman W. Sadlowski, EM3c George J. Wilcox, Jr., Sea2c Robert J. Bennett, F3c Paul H. Gebser, MM1c Hans C. Kvalnes, Sea2c Kenneth H. Sampson, Sea1c Albert L. Williams, Mus2c Harding C. Blackburn, Y3c Leonard R. Geller, F1c Wiliiam L. Kvidera, CM3c Dean S. Sanders, CMM (PA) James C. Williams, Sea1c William E. Blanchard, Bmkr1c George T. George, Sea2c D.T. Kyser, Sea2c Charles L. Saunders, Sea2c Wilbur S. Williams, OS3c Clarence A. Blaylock, F3c George H. Gibson, EM3c Ellioit D. Larsen, Mus1c Lyal J. Savage, Sea1c Bernard R. Wimmer, FC1c Leo Blitz, MM2c George E. Giesa, F2c Johnnie C. Laurie, MAtt1c John E. Savidge, Sea1c Everett G. Windle, Sea2c Rudolph Blitz, F1c Quentin J. Gifford, RM2c Elmer P. Lawrence, Sea1c Paul E. Saylor, F1c Starring B. Winfield, RM3c John G. Bock, Jr., Sea2c George Gilbert, FC2c Willard I. Lawson, F3c Walter F. Schleiter, F1c Rex E. Wise, F1c Paul L. Boemer, Cox Warren C. Gillette, Sea1c Gerald G. Lehman, F3c Herman Schmidt, GM3c Frank Wood, Sea2c James B. Booe, Cbmster Benjamin E. Gilliard, MAtt1c Myron K. Lehman, Sea2c Aloysius H. Schmitt, Lt. (j.g.)(ChC) Lawrence E. Woods, F1c James B. Boring, F2c Arthur Glenn, MM1c Lionel W. Lescault, Bgmstr2c Andrew J. Schmitz, F1c Winfred O. Woods, MM1c Ralph M. Boudreaux, MAtt1c Daryl H. Goggin, Mach Harold W. Lindsey, Sea2c John H. Schoonover, PhM1c Creighton H. Workman, F1c Lawrence A. Boxrucker, F2c Jack R. Goldwater, RM3c John H. Lindsley, F3c Bernard 0. Scott, MAtt1c John L. Wortham, GM2c Raymond D. Boynton, Sea2c Charles C. Gomez, Jr., Sea2c Alfred E. Livingston, F3c Chester E. Seaton, F1c Paul R. Wright, CWT (PA) Carl M. Bradley, F2c George M. Gooch, EM3c Clarence M. Lockwood, WT2c Verdi D. Sederstrom, Ens Eldon P. Wyman, Ens Oris V. Brandt, Sea1c Clifford G. Goodwin, Sea1c Adolph J. Loebach, FC3c William L. Sellon, Sea2c Martin D. Young, F2c Jack A. Breedlove, FC3c Robert Goodwin, SC3c Vernon T. Luke, MM1c Everett I. Severinson, SF1c Robert V. Young, Sea1c Randall W. Brewer, MAtt1c Duff Gordon, CMsmth Octavius Mabine, MAtt1c William K. Shafer, F2c Joseph J. Yurko,WT1c William Brooks, Sea1c Claude 0. Gowey, F1c Howard S. Magers, Sea2c William J. Shanahan, Jr., SM3c Thomas Zvansky, CSM (PA) Wesley J. Brown, F1c Wesley E. Graham, Sea1c Michael Malek, Sea2c Edward J. Shelden, FC1c United States William G. Bruesewitz, Sea1c Arthur M. Grand Pre, F1c Algeo V. Malfante, SF2c William G. Silva, GM1c James R. Buchanan, MM2c Thomas E. Griffith, RM3c Walter B. Manning, EM1c Eugene M. Skaggs, SM1c Marine Corps Earl G. Burch, Bkr3c Edgar D. Gross, WT2c Henri C. Mason, Mus1c Garold L. Skiles, Sea2c Marley R. Arthurholtz, PFC Oliver K. Burger, WT1c Vernon N. Grow, Sea2c Joseph K. Maule, Sea1c Edward F. Slapikas, Sea1c Waldean Black, Pvt Millard Burk, Jr., Sea1c Daniel L. Guisinger, Jr., Sea1c Edwin B. McCabe, WT1c Leonard F. Smith, Msmth1c Walter L. Collier, PFC Rodger C. Butts, SC1c William I. Gurganus, CEM (AA)Donald R.