Papers, 1942-1948.

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Papers, 1942-1948.

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Official documents, 1942-1947, and dry docking procedures for USS Oklahoma (BB 37), 1943, and drawings of other vessels in dry dock and in formation, 1941-1944. Includes holograph notes on Groff's civil service employment and U.S. Army service, newspaper clippings, and certificates.

1/2 box; 10.5 x 2.5 x 15 in.

Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library

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Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library

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Oklahoma (Battleship : BB-37)

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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...

Groff, Lincoln R., 1921-

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Lincoln R. Groff of Perkasie, Pennsylvania, was a volunteer civilian worker for the Navy Department in Hawaii from June 1942 to 1944, then was called to inactive Navy service in 1945. He was drafted into the U.S. Army and assigned to the Adjutant General's Office in Honolulu as a T/4 Sergeant in 1946. He was discharged from the Army in June 1947 and returned to Pennsylvania. From the description of Papers, 1942-1948. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 754186076 ...