Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

DD-373 USS Shaw

• Mahan class Destroyer:
• Displacement: 12,200 tons
• Length: 341'8"
• Beam: 34'10"
• Draft: 9'10"
• Speed: 36.5 knots
• Armament: 4 5"/38 DP,, 2x2 40mm, 5 20mm, 2 depth charge tracks, 4 depth charge projectors 3x5 21" torpedo tubes
• Complement: 251
• Geared turbine engines, twin screws, 50,000 shaft h.p.
• Built at Philadelphia Navy Yard, and commissioned 18 September 1936
• : Partially destroyed at Pearl Harbor; rebuilt at Mare Island Navy Yard.

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Shaw
• War Damage Report: Pearl Harbor attack

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Exploding at Pearl Harbor...

While firefighters train massive jets of water from dockside at left, Shaw burns in the Floating Drydock YFD 2, after being hit by three bombs.

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