Utah and the Navy

U.S. Navy Ships with Utah Names

Ship name and hull number	Type, link to photo	Commissioned	Remarks or brief history
USS Utah (BB-31)	Battleship [photo]	1911	Later converted to target ship, and sunk at Pearl Harbor History here
USS Salt Lake City (CL-25) / (CA-25) The USS Salt Lake City made history	Heavy Cruiser [photos]	1925	History here Be sure to see the magnificent scale model of this historic ship at the Fort Douglas Military Museum.
USS Salt Lake City (SSN-716)	Los Angeles class Attack Submarine [photo]	1984	Commissioned 12 May 1984. Deactivated October 26, 2005 History here
USS Ogden (PF-39)	Tacoma class Frigate [photo not available]	1943	History here
USS Ogden (LPD-5)	Austin class Amphibious Ship Dock [photo]	1965	USS Ogden was the Navy's oldest active Amphibious ship, serving continuously out of San Diego, until her decommissioning February 21, 2007 History here
USS Ute (ATF-76) USCGC Ute (WAT-76)/ (WMEC-76)	Ocean going Fleet Tug [photo]	1942	History here
USS Paiute (ATF 159)	Ocean going Fleet Tug [photo]	1945	History here
USS Navajo (AT-64)	Oceangoing Tug [photo]	1940	History here
USS Escalante (AO-70)	Fleet Oiler [photo]	1943	History here
USS Wasatch (AGC-9)	Amphibious Command Ship [photo]	1944	History here
USS Bryce Canyon (AD-36)	Destroyer Tender [photo]	1950	History here
USS Garfield County (LST-784)	Landing Ship, Tank [photo]	1944	History here
USS Millard County (LST-987)	Landing Ship, Tank [photo]	1944	History here
USS Iron County (LST-840)	Landing Ship, Tank [photo]	1944	History here
USS Daggett County (LST-689)	Landing Ship, Tank [photo]	1944	History here
USS Summit County (LST-1146)	Landing Ship, Tank [photo]	1945	History here
USS Robert Brazier (DE-345)	Destroyer Escort [photo]	1944	History here
USS Howard D. Merrill (DE-392)	Destroyer Escort [photo]	1943	History here
USS Mervyn S. Bennion (DD-662	Destroyer [photo]	1943	History here
USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729)	Destroyer [photo]	1944	History here
USS Melvin R. Nawman (DE 416)	Destroyer Escort [photo]	1944	History here

Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy from Utah and graduated in the class of 1864. He later rose to command teh Battleship USS Iowa during the Spanish AMerican War in 1898 and in 1908 he was commander of the "Great White Fleet" on it's famous "Cruise Around the World."
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