Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

AG-16 USS Utah

• Miscellaneous Auxiliary--Mobile Target Ship:
• Displacement: 21,825 tons
• Length: 521'6"
• Beam: 88'
• Draft: 28'
• Speed: 21 knots
• Armament:
• Complement:
• Turbine engines; 4 screws; 28,000 hp
• Built at New York Shipbuilding, Camden, N.J., and commissioned (BB-31) 31 August 1911
  Converted to Miscellaneous Auxiliary (Mobile Target Ship) at Norfolk Navy Yard in 1931

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Utah
• Action Report -- Pearl Harbor attack
• Pharmacist's Mate Second Class Lee Soucy, USN was a crewman aboard USS Utah (AG-16) [NHC: oral history]
• USS Utah Memorial

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Memorial placque on Utah's remains at Pearl Harbor

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Last updated: January 4, 2001