<page_title> List of commanding officers of USS Oklahoma (BB-37) </page_title> <section_title> Commanding officers </section_title> <table> <cell> Roger Welles <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> Roger Welles was the first commander of Oklahoma after her commissioning in 1916. A former commander of the Naval Training Center in Newport, his command of the ship was a short period of time mainly involving the command of the ship as a training ship. <col_header> Details </col_header> </cell> </table>
Roger Welles was a naval officer and the first commander of the USS Oklahoma.