USS Shaw exploding after her forward magazine was detonated by the raging fire during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

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Size: 4872px × 4228px
Location: Pearl Harbor Naval Air Station, Oahu, Hawaii.
Photo credit: © Alpha Historica / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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