Photo #: NH 50006
USS Shaw (DD-373)
Underway in Pearl Harbor, 8 February 1942, headed out to sea
for a trial run after installation of a stub bow to temporarily
replace that destroyed during the Japanese attack of 7 December
1941.
The day after this photograph was taken, Shaw steamed
to the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, for permanent repairs.
Note Curtiss SOC "Seagull" floatplane taxiing in right
center.
Collection of Vice Admiral Homer N. Wallin.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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