Photo #: NH 84000
USS Shaw (DD-373)
View of the wrecked bow section, severed from the rest of the
ship by the explosion of her forward magazines during the 7 December
1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor. Photographed in the floating
drydock YFD-2 on 11 January 1942, as salvage operations
were underway. Guns visible are Shaw's forward 5"/38
mounts.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of The
Honorable James V. Forrestal.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Historical Center.
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