Show Utah Represented In n Battle By Seven even Ships When historIans record the feats ot of Naval vessels in World Utah those named for Cor War Var II landmarks will receive promInent ent mention Led Lcd by the veteran heavy cruiser Salt Lake City seven soyen ships represented the state in battle battlo Lake The 16 year Salt City began her war career during the attack on Pearl harbor or and fought through 10 major actions in the MarshaUs Marshalls at Wake Mar Mar- ells clis Guadalcanal the the tho Gilberts the the tho Battle Battlo Bat Bat- tle for Leyte Gulf Iwo Jima and Okinawa He big guns have hae been credited credit credit- ed with sinkIng sinkIng- a record 15 Jap ships including four Cour warships and damaging 10 She shot down 12 enemy planes The Salt La Lake e City ending her wartime career as a unit of the North Pacific force Corce helped to take over Naval Base Japanese Navy headquarters for northern Honshu HokkaIdo Fare I Futo and the Islands A Athe At Atthe the close ot of the war she was the oldest heavy cruiser operating I in the Pacific Impressive records ware compiled com coin piled by auxiliary vessels in their special arm of oC the tho service The Wayne assault transport named for Cor Utah's Wayne county steamed well inside the range of enemy fire to land troops for the invasions of Guam Leyte Lingayen Gulf and Sustaining casualties md and receIving receiving re- re them aboard from the beachheads for Cor medIcal treatment treat treat- ment and care became routine for the Wayne Vayne The ship and her beach party were fired upon b by enemy guns from Crom surface shore and air Frequently her batteries unlimbered against Jap planes More recent additions to the thea a auxiliary a r fleet are another troop transport the SevIer and a chartered Maritime Commission cargo ship the Provo Victory Their wartime jobs paralleled that of the Wayne rayne The Escalante big tanker tank tank- er fueled fighting ships at sea and deI delivered vered oil to other vessels and advance ance bases Completing the list of oC ships christened for Cor Utah were the patrol patrol pa pa- frigate Ogden and the big destroyer tender Bryce Canyon |