U.S.S. Utah Veterans Memorial

The USS Utah was a battleship that carried the state's name to the Navy — and she never left Pearl Harbor. On December 7, 1941, Japanese torpedoes capsized her at her moorings, and 58 of her crew died; unlike most of the fleet, she was never salvaged. Her rusting hull still lies in the harbor today, a war grave alongside the better-known Arizona. This memorial remembers the ship and her dead — a tangible thread between a landlocked desert state and the morning that pulled the country into a world war.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Salt Lake City — 0.5 mi
  Utah's capital and largest city — where the Wasatch Range meets the Great Salt Lake.
• Temple Square — 0.5 mi
  The spiritual and architectural heart of Salt Lake City
• Ensign Peak — 0.9 mi
  A short hike to the spot where Brigham Young surveyed the valley
• Liberty Park — 2.4 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882

More markers nearby

• Brigham Young Statue — steps away
• Daniel C. Jackling — steps away
• Emmeline Wells Bust — steps away
• Founding of the State of Deseret-Founding of Utah — steps away