Claim: SH-77H in Oklahoma is called Sooner road by residents but in 2003 the name was changed to honor the USS Oklahoma battleship that was commissioned in 1916 and sunk in 1941 at Pearl Harbor.
Evidence: Locals often refer to the entire length of the road as Sooner Road, ignoring both the highway number and its designation as 12th Avenue in Norman. Oklahoma Senate Bill 280, passed by the 2003 Legislature, named the highway the Pearl Harbor/USS Oklahoma Memorial Highway. Commissioned in 1916, Oklahoma served in World War I as a part of Battleship Division Six, protecting Allied convoys on their way across the Atlantic. On 7 December 1941, during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, several torpedoes from torpedo-bomber airplanes hit the Oklahoma's hull and the ship capsized. Fate: Sunk in attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941; refloated for scrapping; sank under tow 1947