F1, US NAVY WORLD WAR II
Fireman 1st Class (E-4 Prior to 1944) Albert Bolen was Killed in Action on December 7, 1941, during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was stationed on board the USS Shaw DD-373.
He enter the service from St Louis Missouri on Oct 9, 1939 and went to boot camp in US Navy Training Station San Diego, CA. He was received on the USS Shaw DD-373 on Dec 15, 1939.
On Dec 7, 1941, Among the drydocked ships in the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard when the Japanese attacked was the destroyer USS Shaw (DD-373). Raised out of the water in the floating drydock YFD-2, along with the old harbor tug Sotoyomo (YT-9), Shaw attracted the unwelcome attention of several dive bombers of the second strike wave. These hit her with three bombs at about the same time as they were attacking the then-nearby battleship Nevada. These bombs all hit the forward portion of the ship. The resulting fires proved uncontrollable, and Shaw was ordered abandoned. As efforts were underway to flood the drydock about a half-hour after she was hit, her forward ammunition magazines detonated in a spectacular blast, completely removing her bow. The blast also punctured YFD-2 and Sotoyomo. Both soon sank, the drydock partially and the tug completely, leaving Shaw's after portion afloat, with an intense fire raging at its front.
Fireman 1st Class (E-4 Prior to 1944) Albert Bolen was Killed in Action on December 7, 1941, during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was stationed on board the USS Shaw DD-373.
He enter the service from St Louis Missouri on Oct 9, 1939 and went to boot camp in US Navy Training Station San Diego, CA. He was received on the USS Shaw DD-373 on Dec 15, 1939.
On Dec 7, 1941, Among the drydocked ships in the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard when the Japanese attacked was the destroyer USS Shaw (DD-373). Raised out of the water in the floating drydock YFD-2, along with the old harbor tug Sotoyomo (YT-9), Shaw attracted the unwelcome attention of several dive bombers of the second strike wave. These hit her with three bombs at about the same time as they were attacking the then-nearby battleship Nevada. These bombs all hit the forward portion of the ship. The resulting fires proved uncontrollable, and Shaw was ordered abandoned. As efforts were underway to flood the drydock about a half-hour after she was hit, her forward ammunition magazines detonated in a spectacular blast, completely removing her bow. The blast also punctured YFD-2 and Sotoyomo. Both soon sank, the drydock partially and the tug completely, leaving Shaw's after portion afloat, with an intense fire raging at its front.
F1, US NAVY WORLD WAR II
Fireman 1st Class (E-4 Prior to 1944) Albert Bolen was Killed in Action on December 7, 1941, during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was stationed on board the USS Shaw DD-373.
He enter the service from St Louis Missouri on Oct 9, 1939 and went to boot camp in US Navy Training Station San Diego, CA. He was received on the USS Shaw DD-373 on Dec 15, 1939.
On Dec 7, 1941, Among the drydocked ships in the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard when the Japanese attacked was the destroyer USS Shaw (DD-373). Raised out of the water in the floating drydock YFD-2, along with the old harbor tug Sotoyomo (YT-9), Shaw attracted the unwelcome attention of several dive bombers of the second strike wave. These hit her with three bombs at about the same time as they were attacking the then-nearby battleship Nevada. These bombs all hit the forward portion of the ship. The resulting fires proved uncontrollable, and Shaw was ordered abandoned. As efforts were underway to flood the drydock about a half-hour after she was hit, her forward ammunition magazines detonated in a spectacular blast, completely removing her bow. The blast also punctured YFD-2 and Sotoyomo. Both soon sank, the drydock partially and the tug completely, leaving Shaw's after portion afloat, with an intense fire raging at its front.
Fireman 1st Class (E-4 Prior to 1944) Albert Bolen was Killed in Action on December 7, 1941, during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was stationed on board the USS Shaw DD-373.
He enter the service from St Louis Missouri on Oct 9, 1939 and went to boot camp in US Navy Training Station San Diego, CA. He was received on the USS Shaw DD-373 on Dec 15, 1939.
On Dec 7, 1941, Among the drydocked ships in the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard when the Japanese attacked was the destroyer USS Shaw (DD-373). Raised out of the water in the floating drydock YFD-2, along with the old harbor tug Sotoyomo (YT-9), Shaw attracted the unwelcome attention of several dive bombers of the second strike wave. These hit her with three bombs at about the same time as they were attacking the then-nearby battleship Nevada. These bombs all hit the forward portion of the ship. The resulting fires proved uncontrollable, and Shaw was ordered abandoned. As efforts were underway to flood the drydock about a half-hour after she was hit, her forward ammunition magazines detonated in a spectacular blast, completely removing her bow. The blast also punctured YFD-2 and Sotoyomo. Both soon sank, the drydock partially and the tug completely, leaving Shaw's after portion afloat, with an intense fire raging at its front.
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