Oklahoma was the name of one ship of the United States Navy and will be the name of a future submarine. USS Oklahoma (BB-37), a Nevada-class battleship launched in 1914 and sunk by Japanese bombers in the attack on Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941. USS Oklahoma (SSN-802), a planned Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine. See also USS Oklahoma City This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists. Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.