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Photo # NH 86000: USS Shaw's wrecked bow section, after the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- EVENTS -- World War II in the Pacific --

Pearl Harbor Raid, 7 December 1941 --
Pearl Harbor Attack Damage to USS Shaw


This page features views of damage to the destroyer Shaw, taken soon after the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

For views of Shaw taken during the events of 7 December 1941:

  • USS Shaw during the Pearl Harbor Attack.

    For other views of sunken and damaged ships at Pearl Harbor, after 7 December 1941, see:

  • Damaged Ships after the Attack.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 50771

    USS Shaw (DD-373)


    Photographed in floating drydock YFD-2 on 8 December 1941, the day after her forward magazines exploded during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
    Ford island is in the left distance, with seaplane tender Curtiss (AV-4) at the extreme left. "Battleship Row" is in the right center distance, with ships present including (from left to right): Maryland (BB-46), the capsized Oklahoma (BB-37); Tennessee (BB-43); the sunken West Virginia (BB-48); and the wrecked and sunken Arizona (BB-39).

    Collection of Vice Admiral Homer N. Wallin.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.

    Online Image: 102KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-32618

    Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941


    USS Shaw (DD-373) on 9 December 1941, showing damage received in the Japanese attack two days before. Despite the loss of her bow and serious fire damage, she is still afloat.
    A motor launch from USS Dobbin (AD-3) is alongside.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 119KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-32771

    Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941


    Remains of the forward superstructure of USS Shaw (DD-373), and her midships area, showing damage caused by the explosion of her forward magazines during the Japanese attack. Photographed after fires were out, but with the wrecked structure still smoking slightly.
    In the foreground is the superstructure of the half-sunken floating drydock YFD-2.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 140KB; 595 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    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 Naval History and Heritage Command.

    Online Image: 133KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     


    For views of Shaw taken during the events of 7 December 1941:

  • USS Shaw during the Pearl Harbor Attack.

    For other views of sunken and damaged ships at Pearl Harbor, after 7 December 1941, see:

  • Damaged Ships after the Attack.


    NOTES:

  • To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

  • Some images linked from this page may bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 5 November 2000
    Coding updated 22 April 2009