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Floating Drydock YFD-2 with destroyer USS Shaw and heavy smoke following the explosion in Shaw’s forward magazine, Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, Dec 7, 1941. The burning bow of USS Nevada is at right.

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Caption     Floating Drydock YFD-2 with destroyer USS Shaw and heavy smoke following the explosion in Shaw’s forward magazine, Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, Dec 7, 1941. The burning bow of USS Nevada is at right. ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii
Date 7 Dec 1941
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
Identification Code   80-G-32719
 
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Photos on Same Day 7 Dec 1941
Colorized By WW2DB     Colorized with Adobe Photoshop
 
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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 715 x 564 pixels



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