November 3, 2025, 4:27 am
The US Navy has christen the fast-attack submarine USS Utah , marking the addition of a multimillion-dollar boat to a fleet increasingly focused on undersea superiority.
The vessel carries the hull number SSN-801, aligns with the area code for Salt Lake City and much of northern Utah.
The new USS Utah revives a historic name. The battleship USS Utah (BB-31), later converted to a target ship (AG-16), was among the US vessels sunk in the December 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
This christening marks the first time a US Navy ship has borne the name since that loss.
During the ceremony, the ship’s sponsors, Sharon Lee and Mary Kaye Huntsman, jointly broke a bottle of cyser – a mead fermented with apple juice instead of water – originating from the state of Utah.
The keel laying ceremony took place was held on September 1, 2021, at General Dynamics Electric Boat’s facility in Groton, Connecticut.
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