Keywords: Salvage crew working on USS Utah (AG-16) 1941.jpg U S Navy salvage crews woking on the capsized target ship USS Utah AG-16 at Pearl Harbor Hawaii USA on 7 December 1941 The senior officer on board Lieutenant Commander Solomon S Isquith swam back to the ship which had capsized after being hit by a Japanese torpedo Commander Isquith and others heard a knocking from within the overturned ship's hull Although Japanese planes were still strafing the area Isquith called for volunteers to return to the hull and investigate the tapping Obtaining a cutting torch from the torpedoed light USS Raleigh CL-7 the men could rescue four trapped crewmen LOC-image fsa 8b05019 1941-12-07 USN frame removed PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Utah BB-31 Pearl Harbor attack - aftermath and salvage |