University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Photographs Division
Special Collections
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Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0860
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P2124
Unknown
USS Utah Log Album
1929-1931
289 items
1 box
The USS Utah (BB-31) was a United States Navy battleship commissioned in 1911 and sunk at Pearl Harbor in 1941. The USS Utah Log Album contains black-and-white photographs of people, places, and machinery of the Utah dating from 1929 to 1931.
Collection materials are in
English.
Historical Note
The USS
Utah (BB-31) was laid down in 1909 and commissioned in 1911. In 1914, along with sister ship USS Florida, Utah was the first ship to arrive in Veracruz during the United States occupation during the Mexican Revolution. During World War I, Utah was stationed off the coast of Ireland to patrol against German incursion. In the 1920s, the battleship was used in training and was used to transport dignitaries to South America. In 1931, Utah was redesignated as AG-16, demilitarized, and used in training. Utah was struck by two torpedoes during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Though the majority of the crew escaped, 58 men were killed as the ship rolled and sank. The wreck of the USS Utah remains in Pearl Harbor and is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places and designated as a National Historic Landmark.
The USS
Utah Log Album is a fragile photobook containing black-and-white photographs of people, places, and machinery related to the USS Utah from 1929 to 1931. Most of the photographs are fitted into the pages, while several are unattached. The photographs are accompanied by names, addresses, and comments, My Log and Diary, news clippings, photographs, photogrpahic postcards, and souvenir prints.
Arranged by subject
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the USS
Utah Log Album must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator.
Initial Citation:
USS
Utah Log Album, P2124,
Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Following Citations: P2124.
Purchased, received from Acquisitions in 2010.
Processed by Special Collections staff.
United States. Navy
Utah (Battleship)--Photographs
Photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photograph albums
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USS Utah Photograph album