Yeah I know, not WW2, not even from the Joyeau Noel era of Christmas in the trenches of 1914, but cool nonetheless. Could be Christmas of 1917 or 18. Looks like the Brit is a freshly taken POW and is sharing a smoke with a former foe.
Battleships USS Nevada, USS Oklahoma and USS Pennsylvania and the armored cruiser USS Seattle moored at Port Melbourne, Australia, 1925.
Yes it is. An engineering marvel, getting that ship raised. Good thing the Japanese cancelled the 3rd wave. That spared the dry docks and fuel storage.
Neither would have been a serious problem for the fleet. Here's a book on the salvage at Pearl by the guy who ran it. HyperWar: Pearl Harbor: Why, How, Fleet Salvage and Final Appraisal (Forward, Preface and Table of Contents)
I read about the righting of the Oklahoma. I think I remember the author saying the electric motors working the winches were only 1/2 horsepower each.
You got the 1 and 2 correct...21 5hp motors were used to right the Oklahoma. They were taken from unused Honolulu electric street cars. http://calteches.library.caltech.edu/631/2/Salvage.pdf