Erik had a very rare opportunity to dive on the USS Utah. The National Park Service needed some surveying done. The Utah was a battleship sunk on December 7, 1941 during the attack on Pearl Harbor. She took a torpedo hit forward at 8:01 and rolled to port, at 8:12 her mooring lines snapped and the Utah rolled over resting where she is today. There are 58 men interred on board the Utah.
This plaque is mounted on the wreck's superstructure. The Utah's starboard side is visible above water. USS Arizona is the only other ship that remains as a memorial at Ford Island.
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