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Photo # NH 63650:  USS Utah taking green water over the bow, December 1913

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USS Utah (BB-31, AG-16) Actions & Activities, 1911-1944


This page features views of the actions and activities of USS Utah and her crew throughout her career, including her loss at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.

For additional views related to USS Utah (AG-16) during and after the 7 December 1941 Pearl Harbor Raid, see:

  • Overall Views of the Pearl Harbor Attack;
  • Attacks off the West Side of Ford Island;
  • Righting of USS Utah, 1943-44; and
  • USS Utah -- Memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

    For pictures and information concerning USS Utah officers and crewman who were awarded the Medal of Honor for their conduct during the April 1914 landing at Vera Cruz, Mexico, see:

  • Chief Gunner's Mate George Bradley, USN;
  • Lieutenant Guy W.S. Castle, USN;
  • Chief Turret Captain Abraham DeSomer, USN; and
  • Ensign Paul F. Foster, USN.

    For pictures and information concerning a USS Utah crewman who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Pearl Harbor attack, see:

  • Chief Watertender Peter Tomich, USN.

    For links to more pictures of USS Utah, see:

  • USS Utah (Battleship # 31, BB-31, later AG-16).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 63650

    USS Utah (BB-31)


    Taking green water over the bow in the Atlantic, while returning from the Mediterranean Sea in December 1913. A severe storm had just passed and seas were still heavy.
    Photographed by E. Muller, Jr.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, collection of Mrs. Robert E. O'Donnell, Jr.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 400 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42500

    Vera Cruz Incident, 1914


    The USS Utah's battalion being towed ashore under small arms fire, early in the afternoon of 21 April 1914, during the U.S. intervention at Vera Cruz.
    The fort of San Juan de Ulua is in the background, with a possible Mexican Government steamer moored nearby.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 57KB; 740 x 490 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 100607

    Vera Cruz Incident, 1914


    Sailors of USS Utah's battalion marching through Vera Cruz, led by a band of Mexican boys from the orphan asylum, circa April-June 1914.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 100622

    Vera Cruz Incident, 1914


    The USS Utah battalion marches along the Vera Cruz waterfront while returning to their ship, circa April-June 1914.
    Battleship in the center distance is USS Minnesota (BB- 22). Ship in the left distance is either USS Dixie (1898-1922) or USS Prairie (1898-1923).
    Photographed by Hadsell.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Abraham DeSomer, donated by Myles DeSomer, 1975.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82116

    USS Utah (BB-31)


    Crewmen parading before the New York Public Library, circa June or July 1914, following their ship's return from Vera Cruz.
    Note Navy Battalion flags carried before the first rank.

    Collection of LCdr. Abraham DeSomer, donated by Myles DeSomer, 1975.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 115KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 63651

    USS Utah (BB-31)


    Firing her fifth salvo, 26 June 1920, during exercises with her main battery 12"/45 guns.
    Photographed by A.E. Wells.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-266626

    USS Utah (AG-16)


    Capsizing off Ford Island, during the attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941, after being torpedoed by Japanese aircraft .
    Photographed from USS Tangier (AV-8), which was moored astern of Utah.
    Note colors half-raised over fantail, boats nearby, and sheds covering Utah's after guns.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 64498

    Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941


    Bow view of the capsized USS Utah (AG-16), as seen from the stern of USS Raleigh (CL-7) on 12 December 1941.
    Utah had been torpedoed and sunk during the Japanese attack five days earlier.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 620 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 64301

    USS Utah (AG-16)


    Under salvage at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 13 February 1944. The ship, which capsized to port after being torpedoed in the Japanese attack of 7 December 1941, is seen at about the 68 degree position at the completion of the first pulling period. Her blister plating has been cut away around the turn of the bilge to provide fairlead to hitch pads.
    Salvage efforts rolled her back toward Ford Island, but she was not refloated.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 124KB; 595 x 765 pixels

     

    For additional views related to USS Utah (AG-16) during and after the 7 December 1941 Pearl Harbor Raid, see:

  • Overall Views of the Pearl Harbor Attack;
  • Attacks off the West Side of Ford Island;
  • Righting of USS Utah, 1943-44; and
  • USS Utah -- Memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

    For pictures and information concerning USS Utah officers and crewman who were awarded the Medal of Honor for their conduct during the April 1914 landing at Vera Cruz, Mexico, see:

  • Chief Gunner's Mate George Bradley, USN;
  • Lieutenant Guy W.S. Castle, USN;
  • Chief Turret Captain Abraham DeSomer, USN; and
  • Ensign Paul F. Foster, USN.

    For pictures and information concerning a USS Utah crewman who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Pearl Harbor attack, see:

  • Chief Watertender Peter Tomich, USN.

    For links to more pictures of USS Utah, see:

  • USS Utah (Battleship # 31, BB-31, later AG-16).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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