A small group of items from Lieutenant G.V. Martinson, U.S. Navy, with a 15 inch round, charred sign that was ripped off the door frame of the door; a genuine Pearl Harbor relic from Dec. 7, 1941.
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Relic From USS Oklahoma – Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. USS Oklahoma was at her mooring on battleship row, Pearl Harbor the morning of December 7, 1941, and after being torpedoed by a Japanese plane, capsized in twelve minutes at 8:08 A.M. Oklahoma suffered the second highest number of casualties next to USS Arizona, losing 429 officers, sailors and marines. Many of the crew found themselves in a ship turned upside down, in pitch black condition, with compartments filling with water. It wasn’t until 1944 that Oklahoma was fully salvaged and raised at Pearl Harbor. In 1947, having been decommissioned, was sold as scrap, but sank in a storm while being towed to the West Coast of the U.S.
This small group of items was collected by Lieutenant G.V. Martinson, U.S. Navy, and includes his name plate, shoulder knots, Chinese 5000 Gold Unit note, a news clipping about the Oklahoma, and the Water Testing Room sign, from the Oklahoma. The sign is made of tin, and is approximately 15 inches long. bent and charred. The old tag attached reads, “Metal plate from Water Testing Room on the Battleship USS Oklahoma. / The Oklahoma was sunk December 7th on Pearl Harbor Day…she was later and then, under tow, started back to the Mainland… she sank again in the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and Caliornia.
I have no information on Lt. Martinson. He likely was connected with salvage operations, or a crew member.
good – very good overall.
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| Weight | 2 lbs |
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