Title from caption on object: “A Destroyer Survived This Explosion”

December 7, 1941

Lawrence Thornton

Artist, American, active 1940s

United States Navy

Artist

Associated Press

Publisher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.2 × 21.5 cm (6 3/8 × 8 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 17.8 × 23.3 cm (7 × 9 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.177.323

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Catherine Ryan [?]; Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

retouching lower right in black ink; on verso, by unknown hand, top center in blue ink: Destroyer 2S [?]; upper center stamped in black ink inverted: The Associated Press; upper right stamped in blue ink perpendicular: MAR5 1942; center printed in black ink on applied paper: 4845 / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM NEW YORK / CAUTION: USE CREDIT / A DESTROYER SURVIVED THIS EXPLOSION / FANTASTIC PATTERNS OF FLAME AND / SMOKE ARE SEEN AT THE MOMENT THE / MAGAZINE EXPLODED ON THE U.S.S. DESTROYER / SHAW DURING THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR / DEC. 7. THE SHIP HAS SINCE BEEN REPAIRED / SUFFICIENTLY TO MAKE POSSIBLE ITS RECENT / ARRIVAL IN A WEST COAST PORT FOR / FULL REPAIRS. THIS OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH / WAS RELEASED BY THE NAVY. / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO / 2-26-42 CT 215P USN 115 / WA MONT NYT SP PA TMC L SAA AUS NZ SJ

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