DD-373 was not the first Shaw to lose her bow in war. DD-68, the first Shaw had her bow severed when her rudders jammed during a convoy escort in World War One. Unable to change course, she charged in front of the liner Aquitania and had 90 feet of her bow severed off. Despite the catastrophic damage Shaw's crew saved their ship and she returned to fight, eventually being scrapped in 1934.
	Shaw was part of a rare double launching with the Cassin on October 28, 1935. Thousands turned out for the event.
	Picture dated October, 1936, one month after launching
	Shaw outside the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 26 January 1937.
	Shaw steams slowly past the camera outside the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 26 January 1937.
	USS Shaw steams past USS Enterprise CV-6 into Rio de Janeiro harbor, Brazil, on September 1st, 1938.
	Shaw's last visit stateside before the War was in October of 1941. She is 4th from the dock in San Diego on October 1, 1941 in this rare color shot.

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