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NH 84000 USS Shaw (DD-373)

Photo #: NH 84000 USS Shaw (DD-373)
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Description: 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.
Catalog #: NH 84000
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