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The USS Utah submarine was christened Oct. 25 in Groton Conn. It will join active duty in 2027.

The original USS Utah, sunk at Pearl Harbor Dec. 7 1941, remains a national monument.

The new submarine, SSN-801, honors Utah's legacy with a $3.5 billion price tag.

GROTON, Conn. — On Dec. 7, 1941 — a date that, as predicted, continues to "live on in infamy" — the USS Utah was sunk by Japanese torpedoes during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

To this day, the battleship still sits in that same spot.

Now, nearly 84 years later, a new USS Utah has been christened and will soon become an active part of the U.S. Navy.

The original USS Utah was a Florida-class battleship, commissioned in 1911, while the new USS Utah is a Virginia-class fast-attack su

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