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USS Shaw (DD-373) Explodes, As Seen From Ford Island

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IPTC Object Name USS Shaw (DD-373) Explodes, As Seen From Ford Island
IPTC Created Date 1941-12-07
IPTC Author Unknown
IPTC Author Title United States Navy
IPTC City Pearl Harbor
IPTC SubLocation Hangar 6, Ford Island Naval Air Station
IPTC Province State Hawaii
IPTC Country Name United States of America
IPTC Credit National Archives and Records Administration
IPTC Source NLR-PHOCO-A-65(458a)
IPTC Caption Sailors stand amid wrecked planes near Hangar 6 at the Ford Island seaplane base, watching as USS Shaw's (DD-373) magazine explodes in the center background. The grounded USS Nevada (BB-36) is also visible in the middle background, with her bow headed toward the left. As Nevada attempted to sortie down the channel, she was attacked by Japanese Aichi D3A Type 97 dive bombers. Their bombs hit Shaw instead; twenty minutes later, fires reached the destroyer's ammunition magazine and she blew up, severing the ship forward. Planes present include Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Chance-Vought OS2U Kingfisher and Curtiss SOC Seagull types. Wrecked wing in the foreground is from a PBY. Some versions of this photo released for the press blacked out the sailor sitting on the ground.