Showing posts with label USS Nevada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USS Nevada. Show all posts

Monday, December 26, 2011

Pearl Harbor Survivor: USS Nevada

J. B. Sykes was stationed in Pearl Harbor aboard the USS Nevada (BB-36), the U.S. Navy's first super dread-nought and sister ship of the USS Oklahoma, as a Fireman 1st Class at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941.  The USS Nevada was the only battleship able to get underway during the attack.


Friday, December 16, 2011

Pearl Harbor Survivor: USS Nevada

Robert Marshall Burr was stationed in Pearl Harbor aboard the USS Nevada (BB-36), the U.S. Navy's first super dread-nought and sister ship of the USS Oklahoma, as a Yeoman 2nd Class at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941.  The USS Nevada was the only battleship able to get underway during the attack.