How many men died on the Oklahoma and Utah ships that sunked at Pearl Harbor?

Answer 1

Approximately 429 Officers and men died on the battleship USS Oklahoma. The Oklahoma was a Nevada Class battleship; salvaged, refloated, patched up, sold for scrap, and sank in the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and California when it's tow cable parted while being towed by a tug boat to it's scrapping yard (the buyers). Approximately 58 Officers and men died aboard the re-designated battleship USS Utah. It is believed over fifty of those men are still entombed inside the sunken warship, as their bodies were never recovered. At least 4 of the 58 men had been recovered. The USS Utah was a Florida Class battleship, and at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack had been re-designated a Target/Training Ship for aerial gunnery/aircraft training. Her turrets were still present, but her main battery rifles had been removed; added atop the turrets were 5" mounts. Of all the US Navy vessels present that morning, had the Utah's men & weapons been ready for such an attack, the Utah "may" have been the most effective; Air Defense was part of her training!