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Old 11-14-10, 11:24 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by Torplexed View Post
A lot of the Oklahoma dead were memorialized by having new construction named after them. The most famous being the destroyer escort sub-killer USS England named after Oklahoma ensign John C. England.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_England_(DE-635)

I'm not sure what would be accomplished by locating the Oklahoma's hull. There are a lot of other Pacific wrecks yet undiscovered and Oklahoma was formally decommissioned in as a US warship in September 1944, unlike the Arizona which never was.
Dang, I thought torplexed was back, then I saw the date.
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