USS Shaw (DD-373) [SEP] vessel class
USS Shaw (DD-373)
USS "Shaw" (DD-373) was a "Mahan"-class destroyer and the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Captain John Shaw, a naval officer. Commissioned in 1936, "Shaw" was plagued by construction deficiencies and was not fully operational until 1938. After training in the Atlantic, she was transferred to the Pacific and in dry dock in Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.
"Shaw" sustained major damage from several bomb hits by Japanese forces during the attack
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Further reading.
- Sweatt, Greg. "USS "Shaw": A Ship too Tough to Die!" "Sea Classics", March 2006.
External links.
- USS "Shaw" Pearl Harbor after action report
- USS "Shaw" (DD-373), 1936–1946 US Naval Historical Center photo galleries
- The USS "Shaw" / Edgar Rice Burroughs Connection