USS Utah Memorial Sunset Ceremony
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The USS Utah Memorial Sunset Ceremony honors the loss of the USS Utah (AG-16) and 58 of her crew. Pictured is the plaque of the USS Utah Memorial on Friday.
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The USS Utah was the first ship torpedoed in the attack on the Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Struck by two torpedoes, the ship capsized and sank within 12 minutes.
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Dean Leroy Solt, a Pearl Harbor survivor who served aboard the USS Pennsylvania, turns from the USS Utah in the waters of Pearl Harbor.
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Aiea resident Thomas Reese, a retired U.S. Army Master Sergeant, looks out over the USS Utah in his Arizona T-shirt.
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Burke Waldron, 96, from Utah, who served with the U.S. Naval Ground Force Pacific, held a flower as he looked out
over the USS Utah at the ceremony Friday.
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USS Utah survivor Warren Upton, 100, left, was greeted Friday by Burke Waldron, 96, from the state of Utah, who served with the U.S.
Naval Ground Force Pacific.
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USS Utah survivor Warren Upton, 100, is greeted by Burke Waldron, 96, from Utah, who served with the U.S. Naval Ground Force Pacific.
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Nadean Lescoe gets the autograph of Burke Waldron, 96, who served with the U.S. Naval Ground Force Pacific in the war. Lescoe is the daughter of Dean Leroy Solt, a survivor who served aboard the USS Pennsylvania.
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USS Utah survivor Warren Upton, 100, is greeted by Nina Kreigh, 60, upon his arrival to the sunset ceremony.
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USS Utah survivor Warren Upton, 100, is accompanied by daughter, Mary Diangson, and son, Chuck Upton, to the sunset ceremony.
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USS Utah survivor, Warren Upton, 100, who was a Chief Petty Officer at the time of the attack, is accompanied to the memorial by his daughter, Mary Diangson, and his son, Chuck Upton. His granddaughters Jessica Diangson, far left, and Haley Parsons, second from left, were also in attendance.
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USS Utah survivor Warren Upton, who held the rank of Chief Petty Officer during the attack, and his family listen to the names of the casualties being read aloud.
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MMCS Michael Sears reads the names of the 58 casualties aboard the USS Utah in the Pearl Harbor attack.
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Jacqueline Ashwell, Superintendent, National Park Service, gave a welcome address.
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MU1 Collin Reichow, bugler with the US Pacific Fleet Band, blows taps near the end of the sunset ceremony.
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