USS Shaw (DD-373)

USS Shaw (DD-373), September 1938
History
United States
Namesake	Captain John Shaw
Builder	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Laid down	1 October 1934
Launched	28 October 1935
Commissioned	18 September 1936
Decommissioned	2 October 1945
Stricken	4 October 1945
Fate	Scrapped July 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	Mahan-class destroyer
Displacement	1,450 long tons (1,470 t)
Length	341.3 ft (104.0 m)
Beam	34.7 ft (10.6 m)
Draft	17 ft (5.2 m)
Speed	35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h)
Complement	204 officers and crew
Armament	As Built: 1 × Gun Director above bridge 5 × 5"(127 mm)/38 cal DP (5x1), 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) T Tubes (3x4), 4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) MG AA (4x1), 2 × Depth Charge stern racks, c. 1944: 1 × Mk33 Gun Fire Control System, 4 × 5" (127 mm)/38 cal DP (4x1), 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) T Tubes (3x4), 2 × Mk51 Gun Directors, 4 × Bofors 40 mm AA (2x2), 6 × Oerlikon 20 mm AA (6x1), 2 × Depth Charge roll-off stern racks, 4 × K-gun depth charge projectors

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 was berthed in a dry dock in Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.

Shaw sustained major damage from several 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 11 battle stars.

Shaw was decommissioned in October 1945 and sold for scrap in July 1946.