USS Utah Memorial - Pearl Harbor - Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii.
N 21° 22.009 W 157° 56.332
4Q E 610015 N 2363116
The USS Utah Memorial - The NPS Passport stamp can be obtained, from the Pearl Harbor National Monument, Visitor center, Gift Shop. Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii.
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Location: Hawaii, United States
Date Posted: 11/09/2019
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At the Pearl Harbor National Memorial, learn about one of the most pivotal moments in US history: the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the subsequent entry of the United States into World War II.
USS Utah
"The USS Utah was a Florida-class dreadnought battleship completed in 1911. She served in WWI and throughout the 1920s. In 1931, Utah was demilitarized and converted into a target ship. She was also equipped with anti-aircraft guns for gunnery training.
On December 7, 1941, the USS Utah, moored on the other side of Ford Island and hit by torpedoes at the start of the attack, quickly rolled over and sank. Fifty-eight of Utah's crew died. The ship was never salvaged and remains where it sank in Pearl Harbor."
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"The battleship USS Utah was the first ship named after the state of Utah. Her keel was laid on March 15, 1909 and launched on December 23, 1909. The Utah was completed on August 31, 1911 and designated BB-31.
The Utah proudly served her country through the Vera Cruz Occupation and WWI before being re-designated as a miscellaneous auxiliary ship in 1931. Her hull classification and number were changed from BB-31 to AG-16 and she continued to serve as a high speed maneuvering target ship for submarines as well as surface ships for the next ten years.
Utah arrived in Pearl Harbor on December 5, 1941 and was scheduled to be in port for only a few days. But she would never leave. On Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. At 0801, the first of two torpedoes struck Utah, which caused serious flooding. Moments later a second torpedo slammed into her side and at 0812 the ship's mooring lines snapped and Utah rolled over to port. She was bottom up, a total loss. In all, 58 men were killed, while 461 men survived the sinking."
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