USN · DD
Shaw
Photos and infoMahan-class destroyer. She was in the floating drydock YFD-2 on 7 December 1941. Bombs set her on fire and the forward magazine exploded. Her bow was destroyed. She was repaired, finished the war, and was decommissioned in October 1945.
| Class | Mahan class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-373 |
| Fate | Afloat. Her bow was blown off in the floating drydock YFD-2 at Pearl Harbor. Repaired. Decommissioned in October 1945. |
| Armament (class) | Five 5-inch guns and two funnels. The count includes the two Dunlap ships. |
Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
Taken by a USS Enterprise (CV-6) photographer. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. USS Shaw (DD-373) September 1938.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Attack on Pearl Harbor
1941-12-07 · bow blown off in YFD-2; later repaired
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
1942-10-26 · took off Porter's crew and sank her by gunfire at 1308. Not hit. Not sunk
