The Wreck of USS Utah - The Forgotten Victim of Pearl Harbor

[@rustyford3406]

There are the cremains of a little girl resting with the 59 sailors entombed in her. The Water Tender Chief Petty Officer had lost his daughter in infancy and was unable to retrieve her ashes from his quarters as the Utah sank.

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

Thank you for sharing that. It’s an important fact.

[@morlock2086]

Baby Nancy has quite an honor guard.

[@domcorleone66]

While I was serving at USS Arizona Memorial, I was told that the surviving twin sister had asked and was granted permission to be interred in the ship with her sister.

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

@ that is beautiful. Thank you. Mike Rowe did an interview with the grand daughter of the famous Arizona survivor. She is the sponsor of the new sub “Arizona” due for completion in 2027. Excellent interview. It was released yesterday.

[@uberduberdave]

@@thereissomecoolstuff Strange. Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought that, since the Arizona wreck is still considered a commissioned ship in the US Navy, so no other ship could be assigned its name...

[@josephwarra5043]

"They gave up their tomorrows so that we could have a today. Honor and Glory to those brave men, RIP." -- MR

[@treystephens6166]

Japan 🇯🇵 is a great nation I’m sad we somehow became enemies once. 🇺🇸

[@TrollNoMore]

They gave up their tomorrows so that we could have Trump.

[@cynthiahutchins5790]

It would be nice if we learned from our past and never practiced war anymore

[@TrollNoMore]

We justify waging all wars by comparing them to the "3 Holy Wars" (Revolutionary war, civil war, and WWII), the 3 wars that you're considered crazy if you suggest that they should not have happened.

[@patriciaschuster1371]

They shouldn't have happened!​@@TrollNoMore

[@Normandy1944]

I've been privileged to visit Utah twice and after initially viewing her, ..the serenity swept over the situation. The wind lapped shallow waves upon the shoreline stones. The rustle of palm leaves became rhythmically apparent as a song. All that to the point of the dead silence exuded by Utah...the only thought was of a spiritual nature that those men whom would Rest In Peace.

[@andrewpeterson2865]

Great video. I have visited Pearl Harbor and found it sad that the USS Utah is so overlooked. Thank you for giving her story the attention that it deserves.

[@dennislyons3095]

I appreciate the video. My uncle was onboard the Utah when she got hit. he told me that he was in the engineering spaces when the first torpedo hit. He made his way up & out a porthole just prior to the oat rolling over. Much of the water was on fire. He survived the war & went on to serve in the Navy for a total of 37 years, He never spoke of the event until I phoned him hours before boarding a jet to Honolulu in the 1980's. He told me of the destroyers that were tied up there & also were sunk during the attack. When I was last at Pearl there was no way for a, now civilian, to visit the Utah. Another uncle of mine was responsible for getting the ship's bell moved to the state capital in Utah many years ago, Thank you for this presentation as I've never seen the memorial.

[@chiron14pl]

As a native Utahn, I knew of her wreck and memorial, but having never visited I appreciate the photos you presented.

[@kileytingey6828]

Me too. It's sad that she was the first to be sunk and forgotten so quickly

[@paulslusher7658]

9:39 9:41

[@patfleming3835]

While on a holiday in Oahu in 2006 I walked from the USS Missouri across to the Utah without anyone questioning or stopping me. I’m an Irish citizen. The Utah, Nevada and the Oklahoma were stationed in Berehaven, West Cork during WW1 in 1918

[@JohnL-qe4pi]

I was there in 2006 as well, and toured the USS Missouri, and the USS Arizona Memorial.. The first time I was there we rode a harbor cruise around Ford Island on the 38th anniversary and saw the Utah and Arizona. They laid wreaths in the water.

[@willardwomack3104]

Entombed within the wreck are the remains of 54 Sailors and Baby Nancy. Nancy Lynne Wagner died two days after being born, she was the Daughter of one of the USS Utah sailors, Chief Yeoman Albert Thomas Dewitt Wagner. The Urn with Nancy’s ashes was in a locker on the ship and was supposed to be buried at sea the next trip out of Pearl Harbor. Albert Wagner survived the sinking of USS Utah, but the Urn with his daughter’s ashes wasn’t found during the salvage efforts. Today, the Sailors still entombed on USS Utah “watch over” her.

[@TOM2RN]

In 1977, I snuck onto Ford Island in an attempt to see the wreck. It required an additional sticker to get on the island which was a ferry ride. My dad stationed at Schofield Barracks. Was able to get the VW bus on without getting caught since it was so busy. I too knew the history of being forgotten. Once I got to that side, I could see quarters and would surely have been nabbed. I would have to cross a yard or two. I drove back to the main buildings and there, I saw the bullet damage in the concrete walls. I got back on the ferry and was busted by the Marine on the other side. He fussed at me a little, but let me go because of my interest in it being never visited. It also helped that I had a pretty female friend with me. 😊

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

Go until they say no. Great story.

[@maryandersen2063]

This is crazy, my ex was stationed at Schofield barracks from Dec 1975- Jan 1979. He was in the motor pool. Just wondering if your father perhaps knew of David Lee Larsen, I think a spec 4? Just curious.

[@TOM2RN]

@ My dad was CW4 Ted Hobbs. Food service. Ran the mess halls. Sadly, he passed in 2018. It is possible they knew each other.

[@maryandersen2063]

@TOM2RN Such a large world yet, so small. Much Respect & Honor for your father's service to the USA & truly sorry for your loss! I am a Utahn native and I also got the privilege of going out on a boat to visit the Arizona in 1978. I'll never forget the Pride & Sorrow that I felt on that day. I don't speak to my ex but, he lives in Tooele, UT

[@steven7385]

I was Air Force on a TDY to Anderson AFB in '82. It was my 21st birthday, 28 November. I met a female sergeant celebrating the same milestone and after comparing notes we discovered something even more remarkable. We were both born in the same small town hospital in Waynesboro PA.​ It's a really really small world, and that was forty plus years ago. Sadly, I don'trememberher name. @maryandersen2063

[@patrickmccrann991]

For many years the Utah was inaccessible as Ford Island was an active part of the Navy base. I was stationed there from 79-82, and during that time, Ford Island had Officer's housing, Fleet Traing Group Pearl, and Headquarters of Commander 3rd Fleet. There was no bridge and could only be accessed by ferry or boat. Things have changed a great deal since then with a museum and the Missouri located on the island.

[@JohnL-qe4pi]

I was there on December 7, 1979. We took a boat tour around the island and saw both the USS Utah and USS Arizona close-up. It was amazing. They laid wreaths in the water. I didn't get to walk onto the USS Arizona Memorial, and the USS Missouri, until 27 years later. That was 18 years ago, and I would go back again.

[@jdc1988]

My brother was stationed at PHH so thankfully I was able to visit this memorial. Definitely not as well known but just as important to remember those men who died

[@robertf3479]

I was stationed on Oahu 1976 - 80 with one of those years at Pearl Harbor. My girlfriend/wife was active duty Navy also, stationed on Ford Island. We spent time on Ford Island and were visitors to the Utah Memorial though that was long before the current pier and memorial were built. We also were able to look around some of the WWII era buildings still standing including hangers, complete with strafing damage from Dec 7. Even back then I was something of a Naval History Nerd and was disappointed by how few people were aware of the ship and her story.

[@gshsr1]

Thank you for this video. It is much appreciated.

[@Watertender-lu7vj]

Chief Watertender Peter Tomich was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for saving over 50 men who were in the boiler rooms and engine rooms. Chief Tomich ordered everyone else to leave the engineering spaces and was last seen calmly securing the boilers and related equipment to prevent a catastrophic explosion. He was born in Bosnia in 1893 and he came to America in 1913. He had no family in the United States to present his Medal of Honor to so it was moved from place to place including the Capitol of Utah and Tomich Hall which is the Navy's Senior Enlisted Academy. In 2006 his surviving family in Croatia was given his Medal of Honor.

[@tvideo1189]

There is no such medal as the "Congressional Medal Of Honor". The highest award for valor this country has is simply the "Medal Of Honor". CWO4, USN(Ret)

[@takashitamagawa5881]

Thank you for mentioning the heroic Chief Watertender Peter Tomich. A true hero on that morning of Dec 7, 1941.

[@ligmasack9038]

Great work as always Skynea.

[@JohnnySmithWhite-wd4ey]

The Navy salvage crews cut into the wrecked Utah to retrieve thousands of rounds of various types of 5 inch ammunition. They were needed for the war effort.

[@carylosborn1808]

I had a relative who was on the USS Raleigh on Dec 7th. His accounting of the day is in Tom Brokaw's book.

[@TPaine1776]

Awesome. I had a cousin at Pearl Harbor as well. My grandmother said he was wounded in the legs. Said it made him an inch shorter.

[@johnyarns8207]

this Marine still remembers her

[@toddkurzbard]

We took a "ferry" tour back in '91, during our ARIZONA visit. I remember seeing what was left of the UTAH above water as we passed by, and noticed there didn't seem to be any access. I recall the tour guide saying that only military personnel with governmental approval were allowed on the UTAH memorial.

[@luckyguy600]

I took that tour back in 77. We went past an intact LCI on the tour, still in camo!

[@kk7sm]

I was out at the Utah memorial on October 27 when I was doing some work for a customer on Ford Island. I took a photo from the memorial location. I think every time I visit, every several years, the ship seems to be sitting lower in the water, as if it's settling into the mud of the bottom.

[@JohnL-qe4pi]

You are likely correct. The more it settles, the more water is allowed to pour in around the hull and under it, continuing the cycle of it's sinking. It's possible that someday it might just slip under the surface of the water for the last time.

[@robertbowers9856]

I was there a couple years ago and only found out about it since and appreciated your observations of it! Very interesting!

[@seaboardsystemproductions9714]

Great video and good morning.

[@jebsails2837]

My late father was a Pharmacist Mate on the UTAH. Having been promoted to E-6 with 11+ yrs service he was transferred in Nov '41. He was a member of "The Loyal and Glorious Order of Bomb Ducker's" enduring 5+ bombings by USAAC planes as part Utah's role as a target ship. The Army said they were water bombs, however at 10,000 ft the water changes consistency, hence the need for the teak timbers on the deck. While serving in the Dental Laboratory a water bomb entered the compartment. Damage to the equipment was minimal, the patient declined treatment. Narragansett Bay

[@samuelschick8813]

"however at 10,000 ft the water changes consistency, hence the need for the teak timbers on the deck." That's almost correct. Battleship had a teak main deck because teak resist rot better than other woods. But the main reason for a teak deck is the 16 inch guns. Those guns use powder bags that have a black powder ignition pad on the bottom, each one weighs 110 pound and 3 in a powder can, it takes 6 full charges of 660 pounds to fire the gun or 330 reduced charge of 6 55 pound bags. The main reason for teak was to reduce the chance of sparks and static electricity when handling the powder. In the powder magazines below deck and around the turrets there is no metal allowed, rings and watches, bracelets are removed, belt buckles are turned backwards to prevent sparks. When the powder magazines are filled and you first walk in, there is a strong odor of ether and it makes you dizzy for the first few minutes. GMG2 U.S.S. Missouri BB 63 Turret 3 center gun 1985- 1987

[@jebsails2837]

@@samuelschick8813 The teak I refer to was re-enforcing specifically added for the bombing over the original main deck. Utah's original Main batteries had long ago been removed under the 1921 limit treaty. With only a crew of about 400 she tested many automated systems and with the transfer to Pearl supported fleet facilities there. FTG2, USS Catfgish, USS Diodon 19667-1969

[@Evervigilant88]

I did a morning tour of the harbour in 1992, still got the photos, I know what I was look at. Thank-you.

[@danielhixson3717]

My great x2 uncle Noah was in the Marine detachment on the Utah for the Battle for Veracruz in 1914.

[@philipkruger563]

I visited my brother in 87 when he was in the Air Force we took a harbor tour that visited the Utah. The plane hangers are marked with bullet strikes. The Arizona and cemetery at Punch Bowl are shocking, it’s so solemn and will make you cry at all the devastation from war.

[@stephenchaiser5082]

Thank you for the updated video! She’s on my list to see!

[@JohnRichard-GOCU]

A good video and thank you. Young men with their lives ahead of them. Snatched away but hopefully never forgotten.

[@davewallace8219]

I haven't forgotten!

[@jamesyow7893]

The U.S.Coast Guard Cutter Taney {WHEC} 37 was there during the attack at Pearl Harbor Still Afloat She a museum Ship in Now. She was credit with Keeping the power station up and running.

[@edwardpate6128]

The Utah ended up serving as something of a sacrificial lamb and absorbed many of the bombs and torpedoes that would otherwise hit some of the other battleships that survived and/or were salvaged.

[@patriotrising6214]

SALUTE TO THOSE TAKEN FROM THE GREATEST GENERATION IN THE FIRST BATTLE OF WW2 . FREEDOMS GUARDIANS 🗽🇺🇸

[@jamesgascoyne.7494]

First battle? We'd been fighting since 1939. However it was the first for America yes.

[@DankNoodles420]

@@jamesgascoyne.7494 That's what he said, Nice try though on getting the last word in by correcting something that wasn't wrong. Moe Ron.

[@keefymckeefface8330]

@@DankNoodles420 - erm, sorry, but if your gonns be sarky based on linguistic pedantry- your wrong, he right. As he said, was Americas first battle of ww2. Not the first battle of ww2- that was a German/Polish affair.

[@mattmatt6572]

American cadets were flying missions for China well befor the jars put a counter attack on pearl harbor. We weren't just attacked out the blue. This is what happens when you stick ur nose where it don't belong. And such great thanks we have gotten from china.

[@Cheesyreich]

First battle of WW2?

[@HJfmTex]

Been there. Brother is a retired USN Commander so we got to go see her. I think the powers to be should make her more accessible to the public.

[@JohnPaul-gh1fh]

Excellent video! Thank you!

[@Glenn-em3hv]

I always remembered the Utah because we would go by it on our way to get ammo on our ship! Very sad site and it really makes you think!!! There's hardly anything left above water now!

[@erikrichtsteig1055]

For many years her bell was in front of the Naval Science building at the University of Utah. Many of her bridge controls were displayed in the entrance of the building.

[@johnclapperton5556]

I know that ships passing USS Arizone come to attention as they pass. Is this done for USS Utah as well?

[@TheJd195555]

I was on the USS ARKANSAS (CGN-41) in late 1991 as we sailed by her ans the same honors were rendered by the ship's crew. It was the only time I actually got to see her. And also, she was hit because they thought she was an aircraft carrier. I understand that carriers moored there so UTAH was a "primary" target. That photo of UTAH was a powerful but dramatic photo. I honor those who died on board the USS UTAH (BB-31 / AG-16).

[@jpyke231]

I also have passed by the UTAH several times onboard a ship and, each time we rendered honors.

[@johnclapperton5556]

@@jpyke231 Thanks for the info.

[@russellhltn1396]

Being on the other side of Ford Island, I think passing it is quite rare. Especially since building the Ford Island bridge as they would have to open it to allow passage.

[@markallan1382]

Busses are not allowed on this side of Ford Island because it's located in a military housing area. The bus tours only access the other side with the aviation museum and USS Missouri.

[@scottyjohn]

I wish I could have met my Great Uncle Vaughn, he passed when I was little, but he was stationed on Hawaii as an engineer with the Navy...he never spoke of what he saw or what he did, but my Great Aunt said he was involved in the rescue of seamen trapped in the ships and then the salvage of equipment and recovery of bodies...he took his story to his grave.

[@hirisk761]

part of the reason why the Utah wasn't salvaged was because of the sandy bottom of Pearl Harbor. where Oklahoma was is much firmer then where Utah is. California also had the same as Utah and was barely able to be salvaged as she had settled deeply into the sandy bottom

[@Redhand1949]

Many years ago, when a relative was in the air force, we visited Ford Island. It must have been high tide because very little was visible, mostly the superstructure parts. A very melancholy sight, particularly with the knowledge that human remains were still aboard. A waste of life for the Americans, and a waste of ordinance for the Japanese.

[@leroycharles9751]

Fascinating. Thank you. If you get time can you you do a story on what is left over from the Arizona salvage? I know it is mostly the upper structure that is left and stored somewhere on Oahu.

[@lawrencelewis2592]

I've seen pictures of that, the mast and forward superstructure are somewhere and still exist. be interesting to see that. There are pictures that show the forward mast being lifted off the wreck in one piece.

[@peteschram9524]

It up on state park land fenced off no access I only know about it from a veteran of the attack that introduced me to a caretaker of the Mamoral that had access and knowledge and took me and my best friend from the USS Carpenter DD 825 to it

[@tigarxox]

Thank you for sharing this.

[@robindalton2650]

Great to remember the Utah one of first MOH was to her chief engieer

[@jesstreloar7706]

Ford Island I think is being used for housing and a couple of support functions now. Access to USS Missouri is from Ford Island over the Admiral Clarey Bridge, also known as the Ford Island Bridge. I do not think you need a military ID, you show ID but state your destination and you are good to go. As you come on to the island there is a sign directing you to the Utah.

[@maddogmerv]

At 8:40 the two tall buildings in the background are significant. That is almost the exact area that the torpedo planes that hit the Utah came in on thier runs. Thank you for putting me this video out and helping to raise awareness for the u s s utah

[@pauld6967]

The last time I was at Pearl was with the proper ID but sadly, I didn't visit Utah. I hope the bus tour option is available the next time I go. Thank you for doing this video.

[@JohnL-qe4pi]

The first time I went to Pearl Harbor, it was on the 38th anniversary of the attack. They laid wreaths in the water. We took a harbor cruise around Ford Island and we got an excellent view of both the USS Utah and the USS Arizona Memorial. It wasn't until my 2nd trip to Pearl Harbor 27 years later, we walked onto the Arizona Memorial. Words can't describe that solemn moment...because there aren't any. You just stand there in absolute silence while reading the names engraved on the polished white walls. You look down and see the oil slick in the water, while at the same time feeling a deep sense of gratitude for the 1000+ servicemen entombed in the wreckage beneath you. You leave in silence, just as when you entered. I also toured the USS Missouri, which is anchored there beside Ford Island as a permanent reminder that the US won WWII and avenged her fallen sailors and airmen, and stood next to the medallion embedded in her deck where the surrender treaty was signed. RIP all of you brave and courageous people who served your country on that infamous and fateful day.

[@osirisandilio]

In August 2001 if was privileged to be allowed to walk from the Missouri across Ford Island to the Utah. If I didn't have pictures to prove it, no one would believe me. I think the American Legion jacket I was wearing helped.

[@uberduberdave]

One of the things I learn long ago was that catching the US aircraft carriers in the harbor during the attack was of paramount importance to the Japanese who stressed to their pilots to be on the look out for them. Add to that, the Japanese air crews flying from Akagi, Kaga, Sōryū, and Hiryū had gained tons of combat experience in their military expeditions in support of the Japanese army in China, as early as 1937. Shōkaku and Zuikaku, were commissioned in August 1941, and the air groups flying off of those ships were consequently much less experienced. The Shōkaku and Zuikaku airmen were kept in reserve for the bulk of the second wave. Where first wave ignored Utah, second wave airmen mistook it for an aircraft carrier. US carriers flight decks were planked over with yellowish colored teakwood, the decks of other warships were too, but not as much as the carriers. The Japanese airmen were taught about this feature when given training classes on the voyage to Hawaii to participate in the attack. The reason Utah had not been simply scrapped for being obsolete was for the Battle Fleet to practice firing 14 and 16 inch main battery shells at it. Even though these shells were filled with various colored dyes, instead of explosives, Utah still needed protection. The ship got it in the form of a sort of multi-layered teakwood tent to cover the superstructure of the ship. What was claimed to have happened to Utah, Reader's Digest version, some of the lesser experience Japanese airmen saw all that yellowish teakwood, immediately thought "aircraft carrier" and swarmed to attack the ship. Note that US carriers retained the teakwood planking for the remainder of the war but they were stained a color called "deck blue..."

[@RichardRenzetti]

We in Utah remember her always.

[@georgedistel1203]

When she capsized and sank did they salvage the cage master and the mainmast or are they still buried in the mud. I saw where they recovered part of one of the Oklahoma's tripod masts recently

[@awkwardgamer7759]

If i remember right. Utah was never suppose to be attacked due to being a traing ship but as you said they thought it was an active battleship so she got attacked

[@jacqueschouette7474]

7:10 I went and saw the USS Utah in 2009. My photo of the Utah looks more or less like this one. A very quiet place since all the tourists go to see the USS Arizona. I remember that when my father was in the US Naval Reserve in the 70's, they raised money for the current memorial.

[@richardthompson6366]

Rust never sleeps.

[@Twitchguy]

It’s crazy you can see the oil slick when Utah was decommissioned and being used as a training gunner ship by the attack.

[@MililaniJag]

Got to visit the USS Utah while attending the Pearl Harbor Hydroplane races in the early '90s.

[@papiparsons9045]

It’s amazing that 83 years has taken so much

[@Doc_Tar]

What happened to the other battleship that capsized, the Oklahoma?

[@samuelschick8813]

Never took part in the war except for action during the attack. She was deemed too old and damaged to be salvaged and was sold for scrap. While being towed to San Francisco for scrapping, she sank in a storm 500 miles out of Pearl Harbor.

[@nicktynan1355]

Rolled back upright, salvaged, then kept around(still at Pearl Harbor) past the end of the war. She was then towed to the west coast(destination SF Bay area) for scrapping, but before half way, finally sank on her own, nearly taking two tugs with her(they unspoolled all their lines at the last minute). One of those tugs, the Hercules, is currently at the SF Maritime Museum.

[@charlessaint7926]

I've been to both memorials. It was the 75th anniversary of the attack. Also I went around the island, visiting key points, including the Punchbowl, Opana Site (The actual site is closed to the public. It's still controlled by the US Military.) Ford Island, Wheeler and Hickham and several more. A lot of the facilities still bear damage caused by shrapnel and Japanese rounds.

[@Urbicide]

Does the Utah weep fuel like the Arizona?

[@loganw1232]

I may have saw a bit of the Utah but didn’t go to it because I mostly just when to see Missouri and Arizona on foot.

[@skylordsix]

My grandfather served aboard her sister, the Florida, in WWI. Later, he served again as a Seabee in WWII.

[@yamato-zi7yk]

It's interesting to read how you can't visit the Utah without permission. Back in 1998, me and my parents drove across the bridge and the guard at the gate let us through when we told him we wanted to visit Utah. Ended up visiting that and drove around Ford Island without being stopped or anything.

[@marknovak2413]

I went to the University of Utah and walked past the ship's bell from USS Utah every day. I was disappointed when I went to Pearl Harbor and could not get near the wreck.

[@scottgray5010]

Good video, but your bow and stern are backwards. The anchors that are still visible are located on the bow.

[@MatthewJoseph-td5qc]

Our Aircraft Carrier the U.S.S. Enterprize fought in most of the major sea battles in World War 2 and never should have been scrapped. It should be sitting in Pearl Harbor along with the Battleship Missouri, Battlleship Arizona, and the Battleship Utah as a museum memorial as the other ships are.

[@7thesb]

what will they do with the remains when the ship rusts to open the haul where the bodies are?

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

Those sonar images let you really see the shape of the wreck. .

[@LanceGraveley]

Let us also not forget the USS Oklahoma (BB-37), another casualty of Dec 7, 1941. She was lost while towed back to the mainland.

[@marissaawesome2422]

USS West Virginia? What do you know about her?

[@dedge8030]

My Grandfather was stationed on the Utah in the 1920's. I have a 4th of July menu he saved from the ship.

[@WhaleGold]

Looks to be in a whole lot worse condition now than when I saw it 54 years ago. I had not heard of the USS Utah until April 1970. We had been aware of the problems of Apollo 13, but could not watch on TV, being underway from San Diego to Pearl Harbor. When we got underway for Vietnam the USS Iwo Jima was coming in with the Apollo command module and I suppose they didn't want us in the way so we went around Ford Island. Standing with a bunch of other sailors we saw it, but none of us knew anything about it, including some that had been in the Navy for a number of years.

[@gunner678]

We will remember them!

[@kevinpresley3136]

Never forget the U.S.S. Oklahoma!!!

[@dereknoll1499]

How were those cables attatched to the wreckage?

[@peteschram9524]

Welded pad eyes there is a 3 part series on the recovery of the ships on UTube it show how it was done and them doing it

[@HollywoodGraham]

Is there an anchor still aboard? If so it would be a fitting memorial on land as the ship itself will eventually be no more.

[@Peace2U-ec6es]

I read once that the Japanese pilots were instructed not to attack Utah because she was not a valuable target. The bombs and torpedoes Utah absorbed would have done far greater damage to morale had they struck Nevada or Tennessee.

[@biwamasa]

It really is a shame that its so hard to visit this memorial. Its on the non-tourist side of Ford Island so unless you have base access you cant visit it. I used to make the trip when I was able to. This and the USS Oklahoma dont get as much attention but at least Oklahoma is accessible.

[@samuelschick8813]

How is the Oklahoma accessible? The Oklahoma was deemed too old and damaged and was decommissioned in 1944 and never took part in the war except for Pearl Harbor attack. She was sold for scrap but sank 500 miles out of Pearl Harbor while being towed to San Francisco for scrapping.

[@harryricochet8134]

USS Oklahoma lies on the bottom of the ocean 500 miles from Hawaii where it sank after parting its towline while enroute to scrapping, it is not remotely 'accessible'.

[@wulfeman9948]

not forgotten

[@petepanozzo6854]

Do we know where the two torpedoes struck the U. S. S. Utah?

[@arkwill14]

I tried to go visit the Utah when I was on Ford Island earlier this year. But access on the island is controlled and none of the tour buses seemed to stop there. I would have walked it from the Ford Island Aviation museum but didn't want to get picked up by MPs for going out of bounds. Seems like the Park Service could do a better job of giving people the option to visit.

[@thurin84]

with the urgent need for steel for the war effort im really surprised more of a salvage effort wasnt tried.

[@robertcameron2808]

Pearl harbour is not forgotten remember that.

[@crapphone7744]

USS Utah, the only aircraft carrier the Japanese sank that day. The heavy planks over her deck made them think she was a carrier.

[@uwillnevahno6837]

Assuming it was possible then why weren't Arizona and Utah protected w/passive and active anode systems to preserve the wrecks as memorials?

[@tylerstocker6189]

You still need someone with military ID to see the wreck. I was there this past June with my family, unfortunately we couldn't see the memorial.

[@davidbiren2062]

Tours to the Utah are easy now.

[@denniss618]

The memorial was to honor the deceased, 2000 on Arizona and 59 on Utah. No surprise .

[@bobcohoon9615]

The " Texas " battleship, still existing, can give an idea of a ship like the Utah type

[@lauriekeiski7121]

Please ignore the first name, I’m a male. Many times during the 60’s and early 70’s my ship would moor at the carrier pier. You could walk to the fantail and look down at Utah. Lcdr USN (Ret)

[@User-wollswoycegawage]

How many Japanese car's in America

[@janeordway4841]

I guess a view from a Drone would be the best. Probably not aloud

[@brandondimmitt8467]

Not to mention Arizona was also americas flag ship at the time of its sinking.

[@outfield1988]

Utah needs to be raised and rebuilt to its formal glory. A great ship that deserves to be restored.

[@BigLisaFan]

Too far gone now for that plus she has some of her crew still aboard.

[@arkwill14]

Why? She was already obsolete on the day she was sunk. This is why she had been converted to an AA-training ship. And now she's 80 years older and a rusty shell that is a shadow of what she once was. Raising and rebuilding her would be useless...and pretty much impossible.

[@redtailpunk]

i think you'd do well to make a video going a bit more in depth (possibly with help from someone more versed in the subject) on the way ships deteriorate. The hull being rusted away "do to the steady march of time" certainly holds true for all wrecks, but I know the wind/water line is a constant worry for museum ships (stationary steel vessels) and that a wreck in truk lagoon will weather away more quickly than sammy b or indy because of biologic activity at depth (or lack thereof). I'd love to know a bit more about the mechanisms behind it, and it gives you (and us) a great excuse to break out some great examples of wrecks and how they deteriorate. Even down to construction: for example the light, near-flimsy construction of many smaller treaty IJN vessels and so on. Love your content! Thanks for bringing these great stories to us

[@ypaulbrown]

One inch of steel will turn into forty inches of rust…

[@klipsfilmsmelbourne]

Utah only ship got her cage mast to be destroyed by imperial Japanese

[@harryricochet8134]

Incorrect. The cage mast was removed when USS Utah was converted to a gunnery training and target ship, it didn't have a cage mast at the time it was sunk.

[@klipsfilmsmelbourne]

What about her capsizing photo That was last to shown her mast

[@Oddhistoryboi]

So after Pearl Harbor in 1942 there was a ship that was sunk in the hawaiian islands, USAT Royal T Frank yet there is little to no info about the ship besides the military hawaiian presence

[@nicktynan1355]

One of a number of vessels sunk by Japanese submarines in and around the Hawaiian Islands early in the war. Go to Google for more information about the ship.

[@ronaldmiller2740]

ALL VISITORS AND US VETERANS SHOULD BE ABLE TO VISIT ALL THESE SHIPS THAT HAVE SUNK IN RESPECT OF OUR GREAT AND BRAVE FRIENDS AND OTHERS WE DONT KNOW IN PRAYERS IN SILENT FOR PEACE...THANK YOU..

[@joshjones3408]

I I remember correctly... Elvis put up some of his own money...for the Arizona memorial...to be built