UTAH AG 16

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Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

    Florida Class Battleship
    Keel Laid 9 March 1909 - Launched 23 December 1909

  1. USS UTAH Battleship No. 31
  2. Commissioned 31 August 1911

  3. USS UTAH BB-31
  4. Designated (BB) 17 July 1920
    Decommissioned 31 October 1925
    Recommissioned 1 December 1925

  5. USS UTAH AG-16
  6. Converted to Miscellaneous Auxiliary Target Ship (AG) 1 July 1931
    Decommissioned 31 March 31 1932 - Recommissioned 1 April 1932
    SUNK by Aerial torpedoes 7 December 1941 during Pearl Harbor attack
    58 of her crew were lost with the ship and remain on duty
    Placed In Ordinary 29 December 1941
    Placed Out of Service 5 September 1944

    Struck from the Naval Register 13 November 1944
    Hulk is now a memorial dedicated 1972 at Pearl Harbor Oahu Hawaii

Naval Covers

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  1. USS Utah BB-31 / AG-16 Covers Page 1    (1914-1941)

 

Postmarks

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Post Office Established 31 August 1911 - Disestablished 25 April 1942


 

Locy Type
1z (C)

1918-06-30

BB-31. Censored WWI use.


 

Locy Type 2(C)

1914-06-04

Facing slip. Courtesy of Stewart Milstein.


 

Locy Type
2r (C)

1918-11-12

BB-31.


 

Locy Type 3

"BASED ON /
HAITI"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. U-5

1928-02-02

BB-31. Marine's mail, address on backflap. Pvt. Clifford W. House, UTAH Mar. Det.


 

Locy Type
3r (AC)

1920-10-26

BB-31.


 

Locy Type
3rs (BC)

" /
PORTUGAL"

1922-09-23

BB-31.


 

Locy Type 3s

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. U-5c

1930-05-03

BB-31.


 

Locy Type 3s

"MEMORIAL /
DAY"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. U-5d

1936-05-30

AG-16.


 

Locy Type
5hks

"MEMORIAL DAY /
PORTS, VA."

1932-05-30

AG-16.


 

Locy Type 6

1930-05-14

BB-31.
 

Locy Type 7d

1941-10-25

AG-16.
 

Locy Type 8

1930-02-18

BB-31.


 

Locy Type 9v

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. U-5f

1925-12-05

BB-31. Registered cover to The Navy Savings Bank


 

Locy Type 9v

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. U-5g

1927-06-16

BB-31. Mark from back of cover


 

Locy Type 9v

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. U-5h

1928-05-28

BB-31. Proper use of registered mark on registers receipt


 

Locy Type 9v

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. U-5i

1939-08-07

AG-16.


 

Locy Type 9w

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. U-5j

1931-02-09

Note:


 

Locy Type
9efw

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. U-5k

1939-08-07

AG-16.


 

Locy Type 9x

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. U-5n

1931-02-09

BB-31.


 

Locy Type 9x

(1939)

1939-08-07

AG-16.


 

Locy Type P

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. U-5h

(with "Registered" removed)

1939-08-07

AG-16.

 

Other Information

USS UTAH earned the World War I Victory Medal and the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 1 Battle Star during her Naval career.

USS UTAH was at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 and was sunk at her berth.

NAMESAKE - Named for the State of Utah

The ships sponsor was Miss Mary Alice Spry, daughter of Governor William Spry of Utah

Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name UTAH - USS Utah BB-31 and USS Utah SSN-801

 


 

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