Oral history interview with William Coffey, 1996 May 20.

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Oral history interview with William Coffey, 1996 May 20.

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Interview with William Coffey, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the submarines USS S-42 and the USS Sterlet in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Pre-war duty aboard the battleship Oklahoma, 1937-41; Japanese air raid at Cavite Naval Base, Philippines, 1941; his responsibilities as a cook; assignment to S-41, 1942; various patrols off the Aleutian Islands, 1943; transfer to the Sterlet, 1943; a patrol to the Inland Sea of Japan.

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was a Nevada-class battleship built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation for the United States Navy, notable for being the first American class of oil-burning dreadnoughts. Commissioned in 1916, Oklahoma served in World War I as a part of Battleship Division Six, 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 res...

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