
Caption | Photo capturing the moment the powder magazine of the USS Shaw exploded during the Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 Dec 1941 at about 0930. Note the after turrets of the USS Nevada passing in the channel at right. ww2dbase | |||||||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | |||||||||||||
Identification Code | 80-G-16871 | |||||||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 7 Dec 1941 | |||||||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii | |||||||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||||||||
Added Date | 7 Sep 2006 | |||||||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: |
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30 May 2010 07:53:41 PM
The forward magazine of the destroyer U.S.S Shaw took a direct hit, as she lay in the floating dry dock. Shaw's bow, was blown off From the impact of three 500lb bombs.
This photo, was taken seconds later from
Ford Island.