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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 multiple bomb hits by Japanese forces during the Attack on Pearl Harbor. The spectacular explosion of her forward magazine provided one of the most iconic photographs of the attack. She was repaired within a few months of the attack, and served in the Pacific through the rest of World War II, earning eleven battle stars. ''Shaw'' was decommissioned in October 1945 and sold for scrap in July 1946. ==History== ''Shaw'' was laid down on 1 October 1934 at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; launched on 28 October 1935; sponsored by Miss Dorthy L. Tinker; and commissioned on 18 September 1936, with Lt. Cmdr. E.A. Mitchell in command. Following commissioning, ''Shaw'' remained at Philadelphia until April 1937 when she crossed the Atlantic on her shakedown cruise. Returning to Philadelphia on 18 June, she commenced a year of yard work to correct deficiencies before completing acceptance trials in June 1938. ''Shaw'' conducted training exercises in the Atlantic for the remainder of the year. She then transited to the Pacific and underwent overhaul at Mare Island from 8 January to 4 April 1939. ''Shaw'' remained on the West Coast until April 1940, participating in various exercises and providing services to carriers and submarines operating in the area. In April she sailed for Hawaii where she participated in Fleet Problem XXI, an eight-phased operation for the defense of the Hawaiian area. She remained in the Hawaiian area until November, when she returned to the west coast for overhaul. Back in the Hawaiian area by mid-February 1941, ''Shaw'' operated in those waters until November when she entered the Navy Yard at Pearl Harbor for repairs, drydocking in YFD-2. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Shaw (DD-373)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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