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This is a great looking US NAVY - USS Oklahoma (BB-37) Commemorative Challenge Coin. Coin has reeded edges and is about 1 9/16" in diameter. Front side of coin is printed and colorized (black & white) while the rear side is raised lettering and gold plated. Coin is contained in an acrylic air tight holder. USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was a Nevada-class battleship built by New York Shipbuilding Corporation for the United States Navy in the 1910s. The Nevada class were the first super-dreadnoughts and oil-burning ships in the United States Navy. Oklahoma was the only US warship ever named for the 46th state. . Oklahoma, commissioned in 1916, served in World War II as a member of Battleship Division 6, protecting Allied convoys on their way across the Atlantic. 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. On December 7, 1941, Oklahoma was sunk by several torpedoes during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. A total of 429 crew died when she capsized in Battleship Row. In 1943 Oklahoma was righted and salvaged. However, unlike most of the other battleships that were recovered following Pearl Harbor, Oklahoma was too damaged to return to duty. She was eventually stripped of her remaining armaments and superstructure before being sold for scrap in 1946. She sank in a storm while being towed from Oahu in Hawaii to a breakers yard in San Francisco Bay in 1947. Name: USS Oklahoma Namesake: State of Oklahoma Ordered: 4 March 1911 Builder: New York Shipbuilding Corporation Laid down: 26 October 1912 Launched: 23 March 1914 Sponsored by: Lorena J. Cruce Commissioned: 2 May 1916 Decommissioned: 1 September 1944 Struck: 1 September 1944 Motto: "For the Good of the Service!" Nickname(s): "Okie" Honors and awards: 1 battle star for World War II service. Fate: Sunk in Attack on Pearl Harbor, raised and sold for scrap 5 December 1946. Hulk sank while under tow to breakers 17 May 1947 *COMBINED SHIPPING AVAILABLE* For combined shipping place all items in cart then purchase all items together from cart for 1 combined shipping charge...