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USS Utah (BB-31/AG-16) was the second of two Florida class dreadnought battleships. The first ship of the United States Navy named after the state of Utah , she had one sister ship , Florida . Utah was built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation , laid down in March 1909 and launched in December of that year.
160308-N-DT805-035 PEARL HARBOR (March 8, 2016) An aerial view of the USS Utah Memorial at Ford Island, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist John M. Hageman/Released)
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Utah in honor of the 45th state. USS Utah (BB-31), a Florida-class battleship, was launched on 23 December 1909 and was sunk during the Attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941; USS Utah (SSN-801), a Virginia-class submarine currently authorized for construction
The Utah, a battleship, was moored at Pearl Harbor when Japanese planes began bombing the Hawaii naval base in the early hours of Dec. 7, 1941, in an attack that propelled the U.S. into World War II. Upton told The Associated Press in 2020 that he had been getting ready to shave when he felt the first torpedo hit the Utah.
HONOLULU (AP) — Warren Upton, the oldest living survivor of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the last remaining survivor of the USS Utah, has died. He was 105. Upton died Wednesday at a hospital in Los Gatos, California, after suffering a bout of pneumonia, said Kathleen Farley, the California state chair of the Sons and Daughters ...
World War II veterans, military personnel, and friends and family participated in the US Navy’s USS Utah Memorial Sunset Ceremony in Honolulu, Hawaii, on December 6.The ceremony, held 80 years ...
Pennsylvania (flagship of the U.S. Pacific Fleet): [2] in drydock with Cassin and Downes, hit by one bomb, debris from USS Cassin; remained in service. 9 dead. Utah: hit by two torpedoes, capsized; total loss. 64 dead. Was commissioned as a target ship at the time of the attack and was docked on the west side of Ford Island, opposite Battleship ...
The USS Utah (BB-31), a Florida class battleship- an older ship launched December 1909 and by 1941 in service as a training ship, was also moored on the western side of the island and was sunk by torpedoes. A total of 58 officers and enlisted were killed and 461 survived.