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USS Oklahoma City, 1974
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By Bob Wickley | STARS AND STRIPES April 29, 2016
Pacific Ocean, July, 1974: Sailors on the USS Oklahoma City holystone the 7th Fleet flagship's teak deck. In the fairly unpopular shipboard chore, a discolored deck is cleaned with blocks of pumice at the end of broomsticks.