in 1912, the sons and daughters of utah pioneers ordered a custom made copy of the newly adopted state flag to be showed off to the battleship uss utah, which was commissioned on august 31, 1911. when the flag came, the group found out that the coat of arms on the flag was in full color instead of white, and the manufacturer had added a gold ring around the shield. rather than have the flag remade, the utah legislature changed the law to match the battleship flag, and the flag was showed off to the uss utah.