History
USS Utah
No narrative history is available yet.
Service History
Commissionings
| Commissioned | Decommissioned | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 1911-08-31 | 1931-07-01 | |
| 1932-04-01 | 1944-09-05 | Recommissioned as AG-16 after conversion to a target ship. Formally decommissioned on 5 September, 1944, after abandoning of salvage operations. |
Recognition
Awards
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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
1 Star
Specifications
Overview
- Class
- Florida-Class Dreadnought Battleship
- Builder
- New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New jersey
- Keel Laid
- 1909-03-09
- Launch Date
- 1909-12-23
- Displacement
- 23,403 Tons
- Speed
- 21 Knots
- Power Plant
- 12 x Babcock & Wilcox Boilers, 4 x Parsons Steam Turbines, 4 x Screws
- Armor
- Belt Armor: 11in - 9in, Deck Armor: 2in - 1.5in, Conning Tower Armor: 11.5in, Turret Armor: 12in - 2.5in, Barbette Armor: 10in - 4in, Lower Casemate Armor: 10in - 8in, Upper Casemate Armor: 5in
- Final Disposition
- Converted to target ship AG-16, 1931. Moored at berth F-11 in Pearl Harbor on 7 December, 1941, Hit by 2 aerial torpedoes, capsized and sank at 8:12 AM. Wreck remains in Pearl Harbor.
Weapons
Armament
- Primary
- 10 x 12"/45 Caliber Mark 5 Guns (5x2)
- Secondary
- 16 x 5"/51 Caliber Guns (16x1)
- Tertiary
- 4 x 6-Pounder (57mm) Guns (4x1), 2 x 1-Pounder (37mm) Guns (2x1)
- Additional
- 2 x 21in Torpedo Tubes
Registry Tags
Tags
Battleship