USS Utah Memorial - Pearl Harbor

By 10am on December 7th 1941, the attack was over. In its place was a stunned island and a shocked nation. Local O’ahu residents’ lives changed drastically in the previous two hours and would continue to be impacted for years to come. Many of the servicemen and -women who survived the attack would go on to fight through the end of World War II and beyond. But at this hour, battleships, airfields, and the harbor were still on fire and men were fighting for their lives. In honor of all who were lo

Watch as Park Ranger Jason Ockrassa takes you to the USS Utah Memorial, located on Ford Island. The USS Utah was a target ship on the opposite side of Ford Island to Battleship Row, but it was hit by torpedoes early on in the Pearl Harbor attack and very quickly capsized. Fifty-eight USS Utah crew members died. Although the ship was partially righted, it was not salvaged, and the USS Utah today lays where she fell. #USSUtah #PearlHarbor #MomentsofInfamy | Pearl Harbor National Memorial