USS Utah Memorial

Visit The USS Utah Memorial

The USS Utah Memorial (BB-31)

The USS Utah is part of the Pearl Harbor Historic Site partners but is rarely discussed. Unfortunately, unless you have a valid military id, visitors cannot visit the USS Utah Memorial. Located on the north-western side of Ford Island, the Memorial is adjacent to Navy housing and thus is restricted for civilians from seeing it. This Memorial was dedicated to all the service members that lost their lives on December 7, 1941.

The Memorial consists of a simple white platform with interpretative signage that extends out to the sea, near the remains of the Battleship Utah. Fifty-eight US Navy officers and sailors died during the attack, and the ship could not be salvaged due to its severe damage and the thick mud that encased her. Her nickname is the “Forgotten Ship of Pearl Harbor” since there is little press or public ceremonies at her resting place.

Pearl Harbor USS_Utah_Memorial_at_Pearl_Harbor_in_1988 USS Utah Memorial — The American flag flies over the USS Utah (AG-16) Memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (USA), in February 1988. The Utah, originally a battleship prior to World War I, was later modified as a mobile bombing target and anti-aircraft gunnery training ship. Destroyed by torpedoes from Japanese Nakajima B5N2 bombers on 7 December 1941, the ship’s remains were studied by U.S. Navy divers of Mobile Diving Salvage Unit 1 as part of “Project Sea Mark”, a four-year undesea survey and mapping study of naval historic sites. The study was conducted in conjunction with the U.S. National Park Service’s Submerged Cultural Resource Unit., LCdr. Tracy Connors, USN, National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 6433122, PD-USGov

USS UTAH BATTLESHIP CASUALTIES

AG-16, Target/Gunnery Training Ship

S. No.	Name, Rank	S. No.	Name, Rank
1	William D. Arbuckle, Sea2c	30	Joseph Barta, F3c
2	Rudolph P. Bielka, Lt. Comdr	31	Virgil C. Bigham, Sea1c
3	John E. Black, Lt. (jg)	32	John T. Blackburn, F1c
4	Pallas F. Brown, Sea2c	33	William F. Brunner, F3c
5	Feliciano T. Bugarin, OC2c. Killed by "friendly fire" aboard Argonne	34	Kenneth L. Lynch, Sea2c
6	John G. Little III, Lt. (jg)	35	Elmer H. Ulrich, F3c
7	George V. Chestnutt, Jr., Sea2c	36	Lloyd D. Clippard, Sea2c
8	Joseph U. Conner, F1c	37	John R. Crain, F1c
9	Michael W. Villa, F3c	38	Vernard O. Wetrich, FC1c
10	Glen A. White, F1c	39	Peter Tomich, CWT (PA)

S. No.	Name, Rank	S. No.	Name, Rank
11	David L. Crossett, Sea1c	40	Billy R. Davis, F2c
12	Leroy Dennis, Sea2c	41	Douglas R. Rieckhoff, SM1c
13	William H. Dosser, Sea2c	42	Vernon J. Eidsvig, Sea1c
14	Melvyn A. Gandre, QM1c	43	Kenneth M. Gift, BM2c
15	Charles N. Gregoire, Sea2c	44	Herold A. Harveson, Lt. (jg)
16	Clifford D. Hill, Sea2c	45	Emery L. Houde, Bkr2c
17	David W. Jackson, Ens	46	Leroy H. Jones, Sea1c
18	William A. Juedes, SC2c	47	John L. Kaelin, Y3c
19	Eric T. Kampmeyer, GM3c	48	Joseph N. Karabon, F1c
20	William H. Kent, Sea1c	49	George W. LaRue, GM3c

S. No.	Name, Rank	S. No.	Name, Rank
21	William E. Marshall, Jr., Sea2c	50	Rudolph M. Martinez, EM3c
22	Charles O. Michael, Lt. Comdr	51	Marvin E. Miller, Sea2c
23	Donald C. Norman, Sea2c	52	Orris N. Norman, F2c
24	Edwin N. Odgaard, EM2c	53	Elmer A. Parker, CSK (PA)
25	Forrest H. Perry, SC3c	54	James W. Phillips, Sea1c
26	Walter H. Ponder, MM1c	55	Frank E. Reed, SF3c
27	Ralph E. Scott, Sea1c	56	Henson T. Shouse, F1c
28	George R. Smith, Matt1c	57	Robert D. Smith, Sea1c
29	Joseph B. Sousley, Sea2c	58	Gerald V. Strinz, F3c

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