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Trapped at Pearl Harbor : Escape from Battleship Oklahoma
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bower Young, Stephen.
- Series:
- Bluejacket Bks.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oklahoma (Battleship).
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941. Sailors--United States--Biography.
- United States. Navy--Gunners--Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
- Young, Stephen Bower.
- Local Subjects:
- Oklahoma (Battleship).
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941. Sailors--United States--Biography.
- United States. Navy--Gunners--Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
- Young, Stephen Bower.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (227 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Trapped at Pearl Harbor
- Place of Publication:
- : Naval Institute Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- Stephen Bower Young was a seaman first class assigned to gunnery duty in turret no. 4 on the Oklahoma when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Struck by torpedoes, the battleship started to sink, and Young and others became trapped when it overturned. Here, he recounts their terrifying experience with stunning clarity, recalling their frantic search for an escape route and horror at finding the exits blocked. He describes the water's inexorable rise, inch by awful inch; the sickening taste of fuel oil; the foul smell of the air; the nervous wisecracks echoing through the cold darkness; and fin
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Part 1: Turret No. 4
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Part 2: Air Raid, Pearl Harbor! This Is No Drill!
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Part 3: Abandon Ship
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Part 4: Keep Silence about the Decks
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 24
- Chapter 25
- Chapter 26
- Chapter 27
- Chapter 28
- Part 5: Out of the Darkness
- Chapter 29
- Chapter 30
- Chapter 31
- Postscript
- The Salvage and Loss of the Oklahoma
- What Happened to the Men of Turret No. 4?
- Appendix A: Plans of the Oklahoma
- Appendix B: A 14-inch, Three-Gun Turret
- Note on Sources
- Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781612512495
- 1612512496
- OCLC:
- 861537962
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