 Welcome to All Hands Update, this is your week in Navy history. On November 3, 1943, after months of hard work, the battleship USS Oklahoma was refloated following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Even after being refloated, Oklahoma had to be decommissioned due to damage in old age. November 4, 1923, Lieutenant Alfred J. Williams raised the world speed record while flying an R2C-1 equipped with a Curtis D-12 engine at Mitchell Field in Long Island, New York. Williams, with a speed of 266.59 miles per hour, beat the record set by Lieutenant Gerald J. Brau only two days before. On November 6, 1941, USS Omaha and USS Summers intercepted the German blockade runner Odenmalt that was disguised as a U.S. freighter. The ship was brought to San Juan, Puerto Rico, where the boarding party was awarded salvage shares. To learn more about the Navy's history, visit the NAPE History and Heritage Command website.