USS Oklahoma-- Part 3: A Timeline of Her Service

Here is a short timeline of the career of this mighty battleship:

**  AUGUST 13, 1918:  Sailed with her sister ship, the USS Nevada to protect and escort allied convoys  in European waters until World War I was over.

**  DECEMBER 1918:  Participated as an escort to President Woodrow Wilson traveling to France to negotiate the Versailles Treaty.  On June 1919, returned to France to escort the president home.

**  1919-1926:  Part of the Atlantic Fleet for two years and then the Pacific Fleet for six years.  Participated in the Peruvian Centennial and the unveiling of  the San Martin Monument.   

**  The Oklahoma became one of the first warships to have bunks instead of hammocks.

**  1927-1929:  Modernized in Philadelphia, then rejoined the Scouting Fleet.

--GreGen