Allied Warships

USS Shaw (DD 373)

Destroyer of the Mahan class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassMahan 
PennantDD 373 
Built byPhiladelphia Navy Yard (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down1 Oct 1934 
Launched28 Oct 1935 
Commissioned18 Sep 1936 
End service2 Oct 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 2 October 1945.
Stricken 24 October 1945.
Sold and broken up for scrap in July 1946.

 

Commands listed for USS Shaw (DD 373)

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CommanderFromTo
Thomas Baldwin Brittain, USN30 Jan 1941
Victor Bernard Graff, USN
Bruce Edward Carson, USN
1Lt.Cdr. Edward Alexander Mitchell, USN18 Sep 1936

2Lt.Cdr. Wilbur Glenn Jones, USN30 Jan 194130 Jan 1943
3Cdr. Richard Helsden Phillips, USN30 Jan 1943

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