The USS Utah at Pearl Harbor: 54 Men and a Baby

Though 461 officers and crew survived, 58 were lost. Only four of the dead were recovered and identified – 54 remain with the ship. But there lies within that grave that is the USS Utah, one more set of remains.

On December 7th, 1941, at around 8 AM the USS Utah was moored at Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The Japanese were able to get direct hits on the Utah with 2 torpedoes’. The ship immediately experienced heavy flooding, began to settle to the stern, and list. The crew was forced to abandon ship and swim for the shore. At 12 minutes after 8 the ship rolled over.