Ebook {Epub PDF} Trapped at Pearl Harbor: Escape from Battleship Oklahoma by Stephen Bower Young

Among those nearly lost within the sinking battleship was Stephen Bower Young, a Seaman First Class who chronicled his experiences in Trapped at Pearl Harbor: Escape from Battleship Oklahoma.) Young’s account of the hours he spent trapped inside USS Oklahoma is a unique view into what the survivors of the attack went through in the hours after the Japanese torpedoes struck.  · Struck by torpedoes, the battleship started to sink, and Young and others became trapped when it overturned. Here, he recounts their terrifying Author: Stephen Bower Young. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Trapped at Pearl Harbor: Escape from Battleship Oklahoma by Stephen B. Young (, Hardcover) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!Brand: Naval Institute Press.

Hardcover, pages. Published January 31st by North River Press (first published ) More Details Original Title. Trapped at Pearl Harbor: Escape from Battleship Oklahoma. ISBN. (ISBN ) Edition Language. English. Stephen Bower Young was a seaman first class assigned to gunnery duty in turret no. 4 on the Oklahoma when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Struck by torpedoes, the battleship started to sink, and Young and others became trapped when it overturned. Here, he recounts their terrifying experience with stunning clarity, recalling their frantic search for an escape route and horror at finding. A battleship was a small town gone to sea, her inhabitants mostly young and far from home. USS Oklahoma survivor Stephen Bower Young, wrote: "Despite the passage of time, it seems like yesterday. My mind sees clearly the shipmates I knew so well as they emerged, laughing and talking from a hatch, portside, main deck, aft, of the Oklahoma. It is.

Stephen Bower Young was one of those trapped below the decks. He was just 19, from Methuen, Massachusetts and had joined the Navy in the summer of , hoping to go to the Naval Academy. Author Stephen Young was a seaman first class assigned to gunnery duty in turret no. 4 on the Oklahoma when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Struck by a bomb, the battleship started to sink, and Young and others became trapped when it overturned. Struck by torpedoes, the battleship started to sink, and Young and others became trapped when it overturned. Here, he recounts their terrifying experience with stunning clarity, recalling their.