USS Shark (SS-174): Difference between revisions

	Shark, just after launch
History
United States
Name	USS Shark
Builder	Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down	24 October 1933
Launched	21 May 1935
Commissioned	25 January 1936
Fate	Probably sunk by Japanese destroyer Yamakaze east of Manado, 11 February 1942
General characteristics
Class and type	Porpoise-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,316 long tons (1,337 t) standard, surfaced; 1,968 long tons (2,000 t) submerged;
Length	287 ft (87 m) (waterline),; 298 ft (91 m) (overall);
Beam	25 ft .75 in (7.6391 m)
Draft	13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)
Propulsion	(as built) 4 × Winton Model 16-201A 16-cylinder two-cycle diesel engines, 1,300 hp (970 kW) each, driving electrical generators through reduction gears; 2 × 120-cell Exide VL31B batteries; 4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors,; 3 × General Motors six-cylinder four-cycle 6-228 auxiliary diesels; (re-engined 1942) 4 × GM two-cycle Model 12-278A diesels, 1,200 hp (890 kW) each; two shafts ; 4,300 shp (3,200 kW) surfaced; 2,085 shp (1,555 kW) submerged;
Speed	19.5 kn (22.4 mph; 36.1 km/h) surfaced; 8.25 kn (9.49 mph; 15.28 km/h) submerged;
Range	6,000 nmi (6,900 mi; 11,000 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h); 21,000 nmi (24,000 mi; 39,000 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) with fuel in the main ballast tanks;
Endurance	10 hours at 5 kn (5.8 mph; 9.3 km/h); 36 hours at minimum speed;
Test depth	250 ft (76 m)
Capacity	85,946–86,675 US gal (325,340–328,100 L)
Complement	5 officers, 49 enlisted
Armament	6 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, two aft, 16 torpedoes); 1 × 4 in (100 mm)/50 cal deck gun; 2 × 0.30 in (7.6 mm) machine guns;

Browse history interactively

← Previous edit

Content deleted Content added

VisualWikitext

Inline

Latest revision as of 06:08, 25 April 2024

USS Shark (SS-174) was a Porpoise-class submarine, the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the shark.

Construction and commissioning[edit]

Shark′s keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut, on 24 October 1933. She was launched on 21 May 1935, sponsored by Miss Ruth Ellen Lonergan, the 12-year-old daughter of United States Senator Augustine Lonergan of Connecticut, and commissioned on 25 January 1936.

Inter-war period[edit]

Asiatic Fleet[edit]

Following shakedown in the North Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea, Shark transited the Panama Canal and arrived at San Diego, California on 4 March 1937. She spent the next year and one-half in training exercises and Army-Navy war problems as a unit of Submarine Squadron 6 (SubRon 6). Following a regular overhaul at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, Shark got underway from San Diego on 16 December 1938 bound for Pearl Harbor and reassignment to SubRon 4.

Following two years of operations in the Hawaii area, Shark set sail from Pearl Harbor on 3 December 1940 to join the Asiatic Fleet based at Manila, where she engaged in fleet tactics and exercises until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Departing Manila on 9 December 1941, she was at sea during the Japanese bombing raids on Manila the next day. For the next week, Shark patrolled Tayabas Bay until ordered back to Manila on 19 December to embark Admiral Thomas C. Hart, Commander-in-Chief, Asiatic Fleet, for transportation to Soerabaja, Java.

World War II[edit]

On 6 January 1942, Shark was almost hit by a torpedo from an Imperial Japanese Navy submarine. A few days later, she was ordered to Ambon Island, where a Japanese invasion was expected. On 27 January, she was directed to join the submarines patrolling in Molucca Passage,^[13] then to cover the passage east of Lifamatola and Bangka Strait. On 2 February 1942, Shark reported to her base at Soerabaja, Java, that she had been depth-charged 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) off Tifore Island and had failed to sink a Japanese ship during a torpedo attack. On 7 February, she reported chasing an empty cargo ship headed northwest, for which the Asiatic Fleet submarine commander, Captain John E. Wilkes, upbraided Shane.^[14] No further messages were received from Shark. On 8 February, she was told to proceed to Makassar Strait and later was told to report information. Nothing was heard and, on 7 March 1942, Shark was reported as presumed lost, the victim of unknown causes.^[15] She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 24 June 1942.

Shark may have been the first U.S. submarine sunk by enemy antisubmarine forces. Post-war, Japanese records showed numerous attacks on unidentified submarines in Shark's area at plausible times. At 01:37 on 11 February, for example, the Japanese destroyer Yamakaze opened fire with her 5-inch (127 mm) guns and sank a surfaced submarine. Yamakaze′s crew heard voices in the water, but made no attempt to rescue possible survivors.

Awards[edit]

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with one battle star for World War II service

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Friedman, Norman (1995). U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. pp. 285–304. ISBN 1-55750-263-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 268–269. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
^ Alden, John D., Commander, USN (retired). The Fleet Submarine in the U.S. Navy (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1979), p.210.
^ ^a ^b ^c Alden, p.210.
^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp.261–263
^ Alden, p.211.
^ total 2,085 hp (1,555 kW)
^ Lenton, H. T. American Submarines (New York: Doubleday, 1973), p.45.
^ ^a ^b ^c Lenton, p.45.
^ Lenton, pp.39 & 45.
^ Alden, p.58; Lenton, p.45, puts it at 347 tons.
^ DANFS
^ Blair, Clay, Jr. Silent Victory (New York: Bantam, 1976; reprints Lippincott 1975 edition), p.165.
^ Blair, p.165.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

External links[edit]

On Eternal Patrol: USS Shark

1°45′N 127°15′E / 1.750°N 127.250°E / 1.750; 127.250

[FriedmanSubs1-dates-1] Friedman, Norman (1995). U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. pp. 285–304. ISBN 1-55750-263-3.

[Register-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 268–269. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.

[FriedmanSubs1-specs-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311

[4] Alden, John D., Commander, USN (retired). The Fleet Submarine in the U.S. Navy (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1979), p.210.

[Alden,_p.210-5] Alden, p.210.

[FriedmanSubs1-engines-6] U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp.261–263

[7] Alden, p.211.

[8] total 2,085 hp (1,555 kW)

[9] Lenton, H. T. American Submarines (New York: Doubleday, 1973), p.45.

[Lenton,_p.45-10] Lenton, p.45.

[11] Lenton, pp.39 & 45.

[12] Alden, p.58; Lenton, p.45, puts it at 347 tons.

[13] DANFS

[14] Blair, Clay, Jr. Silent Victory (New York: Bantam, 1976; reprints Lippincott 1975 edition), p.165.

[15] Blair, p.165.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[9]

[10]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[12]

[11]

[13]

[14]

[15]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+{{short description|Submarine of the United States}}
-{|{{Infobox Ship Begin}}
+{{other ships|USS Shark}}
-{{Infobox Ship Image
-|Ship image=[[Image:USS Shark SS-174 H42075.jpg|300px]]
+{|{{Infobox ship begin}}
+{{Infobox ship image
+|Ship image=USS Shark SS-174 H42075.jpg
 |Ship caption=''Shark'', just after launch
 }}
-{{Infobox Ship Career
+{{Infobox ship career
 |Hide header=
-|Ship country=
+|Ship country=United States
 |Ship flag={{USN flag|1942}}
 |Ship name=USS ''Shark''
 |Ship namesake=
 |Ship ordered=
-|Ship builder=[[General Dynamics Electric Boat|Electric Boat Company]], [[Groton, Connecticut]]<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-dates">{{cite book | last = Friedman | first = Norman | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History | publisher = [[United States Naval Institute]] | year = 1995 | location = [[Annapolis, Maryland]] | pages = 285–304 | url = | doi = | isbn = 1-55750-263-3 }}</ref>
+|Ship builder=[[General Dynamics Electric Boat|Electric Boat Company]], [[Groton, Connecticut]]<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-dates">{{cite book | last = Friedman | first = Norman | title = U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History | publisher = [[United States Naval Institute]] | year = 1995 | location = [[Annapolis, Maryland]] | pages = 285–304 | isbn = 1-55750-263-3 }}</ref>
 |Ship laid down=24 October 1933<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-dates"/>
 |Ship launched=21 May 1935<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-dates"/>
@@ Line 20: / Line 23: @@
 |Ship out of service=
 |Ship struck=
-|Ship fate=Probably sunk by [[Imperial Japanese Navy|Japanese]] [[destroyer]] {{Ship|Japanese destroyer|Yamakaze||2}} east of [[Manado]], 11 February 1942<ref name="Register">{{cite book | last = Bauer | first = K. Jack | authorlink = | coauthors = Roberts, Stephen S. | title = Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants | publisher = Greenwood Press | year = 1991 | location = [[Westport, Connecticut]] | pages = 268–269 | url = | doi = | isbn = 0-313-26202-0 }}</ref>
+|Ship fate=Probably sunk by [[Imperial Japanese Navy|Japanese]] [[destroyer]] {{Ship|Japanese destroyer|Yamakaze|1936|2}} east of [[Manado]], 11 February 1942<ref name="Register">{{cite book | last = Bauer | first = K. Jack |author2=Roberts, Stephen S.  | title = Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants | publisher = Greenwood Press | year = 1991 | location = [[Westport, Connecticut]] | pages = 268–269 | isbn = 0-313-26202-0 }}</ref>
-|Ship status=
 }}
-{{Infobox Ship Characteristics
+{{Infobox ship characteristics
 |Hide header=
 |Header caption=
-|Ship class=[[United States Porpoise class submarine|''Porpoise''-class]] [[diesel-electric]] [[submarine]]<ref name="Register"/>
+|Ship class=[[United States Porpoise-class submarine|''Porpoise''-class]] [[diesel-electric]] [[submarine]]<ref name="Register"/>
-|Ship displacement={{convert|1316|LT|t|abbr=on|lk=on}} standard, surfaced<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs">''U.S. Submarines Through 1945'' pp. 305–311</ref><br/> {{convert|1968|LT|t|abbr=on}} submerged<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/>
+|Ship displacement=*{{convert|1316|LT|t|abbr=on}} standard, surfaced<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs">''U.S. Submarines Through 1945'' pp. 305–311</ref>
+*{{convert|1968|LT|t|abbr=on}} submerged<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/>
-|Ship length={{convert|287|ft|abbr=on}} ([[Length at the waterline|waterline]]),<ref>Lenton, H. T. ''American Submarines'' (New York: Doubleday, 1973), p.45.</ref><br/> {{convert|298|ft|abbr=on}} ([[Length overall|overall]])<ref name="Lenton, p.45">Lenton, p.45.</ref>
+|Ship length=*{{convert|287|ft|abbr=on}} ([[Length at the waterline|waterline]]),<ref>Lenton, H. T. ''American Submarines'' (New York: Doubleday, 1973), p.45.</ref>
+*{{convert|298|ft|abbr=on}} ([[Length overall|overall]])<ref name="Lenton, p.45">Lenton, p.45.</ref>
 |Ship beam={{convert|25|ft|.75|in|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/>
 |Ship draft={{convert|13|ft|9|in|abbr=on}}<ref name="Lenton, p.45"/>
-|Ship propulsion=(as built) 4 × [[Electro-Motive Diesel|Winton]] Model 16-201A [[V16 engine|16]]-cylinder [[Two-stroke engine|two-cycle]]<ref>Alden, John D., Commander, USN (retired). ''The Fleet Submarine in the U.S. Navy'' (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1979), p.210.</ref> [[diesel engine]]s, {{convert|1300|hp|kW|abbr=on}} each,<ref name="Alden, p.210">Alden, p.210.</ref> driving [[electrical generator]]s through [[Reduction drive|reduction gears]]<ref name="Register"/><ref name="FriedmanSubs1-engines">''U.S. Submarines Through 1945'' pp.261–263</ref><br/> 2 × 120-cell [[Exide]] VL31B [[battery (electricity)|batteries]]<ref>Alden, p.211.</ref><br/> 4 × high-speed [[Elliott Company|Elliott]] [[electric motor]]s,<ref name="Register"><br/> total {{convert|2085|hp|kW|abbr=on}}<!--Alden, p.211, lists them as 1075 hp each, an obvious error.--></ref><br/>3 × [[General Motors]] six-cylinder [[Four-stroke engine|four-cycle]] 6-228 auxiliary diesels<ref name="Alden, p.210"/><br/> (re-engined 1942) 4 × GM two-cycle Model 12-278A diesels, {{convert|1200|hp|kW|abbr=on}} each<ref name="Alden, p.210"/><br />
+|Ship propulsion=*(as built) 4 × [[Electro-Motive Diesel|Winton]] Model 16-201A [[V16 engine|16]]-cylinder [[Two-stroke engine|two-cycle]]<ref>Alden, John D., Commander, USN (retired). ''The Fleet Submarine in the U.S. Navy'' (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1979), p.210.</ref> [[diesel engine]]s, {{convert|1300|hp|kW|abbr=on}} each,<ref name="Alden, p.210">Alden, p.210.</ref> driving [[electrical generator]]s through [[Reduction drive|reduction gears]]<ref name="Register"/><ref name="FriedmanSubs1-engines">''U.S. Submarines Through 1945'' pp.261–263</ref>
+*2 × 120-cell [[Exide]] VL31B [[battery (electricity)|batteries]]<ref>Alden, p.211.</ref>
+*4 × high-speed [[Elliott Company|Elliott]] [[electric motor]]s,<ref>total {{convert|2085|hp|kW|abbr=on}}<!--Alden, p.211, lists them as 1075 hp each, an obvious error.--></ref>
+*3 × [[General Motors]] six-cylinder [[Four-stroke engine|four-cycle]] 6-228 auxiliary diesels<ref name="Alden, p.210"/>
+*(re-engined 1942) 4 × GM two-cycle Model 12-278A diesels, {{convert|1200|hp|kW|abbr=on}} each<ref name="Alden, p.210"/>
-two shafts <ref name="Register"/><br/> {{convert|4300|shp|kW|abbr=on|lk=on}} surfaced<ref name="Register"/><br/> {{convert|2085|shp|kW|abbr=on}} submerged<ref name="Register"/>
+*two shafts <ref name="Register"/>
+*{{convert|4300|shp|kW|abbr=on|lk=in}} surfaced<ref name="Register"/>
+*{{convert|2085|shp|kW|abbr=on}} submerged<ref name="Register"/>
-|Ship speed={{convert|19.5|kn|mph km/h|lk=on|abbr=on}} surfaced<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/><br /> {{convert|8.25|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}} submerged<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/>
+|Ship speed=*{{convert|19.5|kn|mph km/h|lk=in|abbr=on}} surfaced<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/>
+*{{convert|8.25|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}} submerged<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/>
-|Ship range={{convert|6000|nmi|mi km|lk=on|abbr=on}} at {{convert|10|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}}<br/> {{convert|21000|nmi|mi km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|10|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}} with fuel in the main [[ballast tank]]s<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/>
+|Ship range=*{{convert|6000|nmi|mi km|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|10|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}}
+*{{convert|21000|nmi|mi km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|10|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}} with fuel in the main [[ballast tank]]s<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/>
-|Ship endurance=10&nbsp;hours at {{convert|5|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}} <br/> 36&nbsp;hours at minimum speed<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/>
+|Ship endurance=*10&nbsp;hours at {{convert|5|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}}
+*36&nbsp;hours at minimum speed<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/>
 |Ship test depth={{convert|250|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/>
-|Ship capacity={{convert|85946|-|86675|gal|l|lk=on|abbr=on}}<ref>Alden, p.58; Lenton, p.45, puts it at 347 tons.</ref>
+|Ship capacity={{convert|85946|-|86675|gal|L|lk=on|abbr=on}}<ref>Alden, p.58; Lenton, p.45, puts it at 347 tons.</ref>
 |Ship complement=5 officers, 49 enlisted<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/>
 |Ship sensors=
-|Ship armament=6 × {{convert|21|in|mm|abbr=on}} [[torpedo tube]]s (four forward, two aft, 16 [[torpedo]]es)<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/><br/>1 × {{convert|4|in|mm|abbr=on}}/50 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|cal]] [[deck gun]]<ref name="Lenton, p.45"/><br/>2 × {{convert|0.30|in|mm|abbr=on}} [[machine gun]]s<ref>Lenton, pp.39 & 45.</ref>
+|Ship armament=*6 × [[American 21 inch torpedo|21 inch (533 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s (four forward, two aft, 16 [[torpedo]]es)<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/>
+*1 × [[4"/50 caliber gun|{{convert|4|in|mm|abbr=on}}]]/50 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|cal]] [[deck gun]]<ref name="Lenton, p.45"/>
+*2 × {{convert|0.30|in|mm|abbr=on}} [[machine gun]]s<ref>Lenton, pp.39 & 45.</ref>
 |Ship notes=
 }}
 |}
-{{otherships|USS Shark}}
-{{USS|Shark|SS-174}} was a [[United States Porpoise class submarine|''Porpoise''-class]] [[submarine]], the fifth ship of the [[United States Navy]] to be named for the [[shark]]. Her [[keel]] was laid down by the [[Electric Boat Company]] in [[Groton, Connecticut]], on 24 October 1933. She was [[ship naming and launching|launched]] on 21 May 1935 (sponsored by Ms. Ruth Ellen Lonergan, 12-year-old daughter of [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] [[Augustine Lonergan]] of Connecticut), and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 25 January 1936, [[Lieutenant]] C.J. Carter in command.
+{{USS|Shark|SS-174}} was a [[United States Porpoise class submarine|''Porpoise''-class]] [[submarine]], the fifth ship of the [[United States Navy]] to be named for the [[shark]].
+==Construction and commissioning==
+''Shark''′s [[keel]] was [[Keel-laying|laid down]] by the [[Electric Boat Company]] in [[Groton, Connecticut|Groton]], [[Connecticut]], on 24 October 1933. She was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 21 May 1935, [[Ship sponsor|sponsored]] by Miss Ruth Ellen Lonergan, the 12-year-old daughter of [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] [[Augustine Lonergan]] of Connecticut, and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 25 January 1936.
 ==Inter-war period==
 ===Asiatic Fleet===
 Following shakedown in the North [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] and the [[Caribbean Sea]], ''Shark'' transited the [[Panama Canal]] and arrived at [[San Diego, California]] on 4 March 1937. She spent the next year and one-half in training exercises and Army-Navy war problems as a unit of Submarine Squadron 6 ([[SubRon]] 6). Following a regular overhaul at [[Mare Island Navy Yard]], [[Vallejo, California]], ''Shark'' got underway from San Diego on 16 December 1938 bound for [[Pearl Harbor]] and reassignment to SubRon 4.
-Following two years of operations in the Hawaii area, ''Shark'' set sail from Pearl Harbor on 3 December 1940 to join the [[United States Asiatic Fleet|Asiatic Fleet]] based at [[Manila]], where she engaged in fleet tactics and exercises until the Japanese [[attack on Pearl Harbor]]. Departing Manila on 9 December 1941, under command of Louis Shane, Jr. ([[United States Naval Academy|USNA]] Class of 1926)<!-- What rank? -->, she was at sea during the Japanese bombing raids on Manila the next day. For the next week, ''Shark'' patrolled [[Tayabas Bay]] until ordered back to Manila on 19 December to embark [[Admiral (United States)|Admiral]] [[Thomas C. Hart]], Commander-in-Chief, Asiatic Fleet, for transportation to [[Soerabaja]], [[Java (island)|Java]].
+Following two years of operations in the Hawaii area, ''Shark'' set sail from Pearl Harbor on 3 December 1940 to join the [[United States Asiatic Fleet|Asiatic Fleet]] based at [[Manila]], where she engaged in fleet tactics and exercises until the Japanese [[attack on Pearl Harbor]]. Departing Manila on 9 December 1941, she was at sea during the Japanese bombing raids on Manila the next day. For the next week, ''Shark'' patrolled [[Tayabas Bay]] until ordered back to Manila on 19 December to embark [[Admiral (United States)|Admiral]] [[Thomas C. Hart]], Commander-in-Chief, Asiatic Fleet, for transportation to [[Soerabaja]], [[Java]].
 ==World War II==
-On 6 January 1942, ''Shark'' was almost hit with a [[torpedo]] from a [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] submarine. A few days later, she was ordered to [[Ambon Island]], where an enemy invasion was expected. On 27 January, she was directed to join the submarines patrolling in [[Strait of Malacca]], then to cover the passage east of [[Islands of Indonesia#The province of North Maluku|Lifamatola]] and [[Bangka Strait]]. On 2 February, ''Shark'' reported to her base at [[Soerabaja]] that she had been [[depth charge|depth-charged]] {{convert|10|mi|km|abbr=on}} off [[Islands of Indonesia#The province of North Maluku|Tifore Island]] and had failed to sink a Japanese ship during a [[torpedo]] attack. Five days later, she reported chasing an empty cargo ship headed northwest, for which Admiral [[John Wilkes (naval officer)|Wilkes]] upbraided her commanding officer.<ref>Blair, Clay, Jr. ''Silent Victory'' (New York: Bantam, 1976; reprints Lippincott 1975 edition), p.165.</ref> No further messages were received from ''Shark''. On 8 February, she was told to proceed to [[Makassar Strait]] and later was told to report information. Nothing was heard and, on 7 March, ''Shark'' was reported as presumed lost, the victim of unknown causes, the first American submarine lost to enemy [[anti-submarine warfare]].<ref>Blair, p.165.</ref> She was struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on 24 June.
+On 6 January 1942, ''Shark'' was almost hit by a [[torpedo]] from an [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] submarine. A few days later, she was ordered to [[Ambon Island]], where a Japanese invasion was expected. On 27 January, she was directed to join the submarines patrolling in [[Molucca Passage]],<ref>DANFS</ref> then to cover the passage east of [[List of islands of Indonesia|Lifamatola]] and [[Bangka Strait]]. On 2 February 1942, ''Shark'' reported to her base at [[Soerabaja]], [[Java]], that she had been [[depth charge|depth-charged]] {{convert|10|nmi|lk=in}} off Tifore Island and had failed to sink a Japanese ship during a torpedo attack. On 7 February, she reported chasing an empty cargo ship headed northwest, for which the Asiatic Fleet submarine commander, [[Captain (United States O-6)|Captain]] [[John E. Wilkes]], upbraided Shane.<ref>Blair, Clay, Jr. ''Silent Victory'' (New York: Bantam, 1976; reprints Lippincott 1975 edition), p.165.</ref> No further messages were received from ''Shark''. On 8 February, she was told to proceed to [[Makassar Strait]] and later was told to report information. Nothing was heard and, on 7 March 1942, ''Shark'' was reported as presumed lost, the victim of unknown causes.<ref>Blair, p.165.</ref> She was struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on 24 June 1942.
-Post-war, Japanese records showed numerous attacks on unidentified submarines in ''Shark''{{'}}s area at plausible times. At 01:37 on 11 February, for example, the Japanese [[destroyer]] {{Ship|Japanese destroyer|Yamakaze||2}} opened fire with her {{convert|5|in|mm|abbr=on}} guns and sank a surfaced submarine. Voices were heard in the water, but no attempt was made to rescue possible survivors.
+''Shark'' may have been the first U.S. submarine sunk by enemy [[Antisubmarine warfare|antisubmarine forces]]. Post-war, Japanese records showed numerous attacks on unidentified submarines in ''Shark''{{'}}s area at plausible times. At 01:37 on 11 February, for example, the Japanese [[destroyer]] {{Ship|Japanese destroyer|Yamakaze|1936|2}} opened fire with her {{convert|5|in|mm|0|adj=on}} guns and sank a surfaced submarine. ''Yamakaze''′s crew heard voices in the water, but made no attempt to rescue possible survivors.
 ==Awards==
-''Shark'' received one [[Service star|battle star]] for [[World War II]] service.
+*{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} [[Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal]] with one [[Service star|battle star]] for [[World War II]] service
 ==References==
 {{reflist}}
 {{refbegin}}
-*{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s11/shark-v.htm}}
+*{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/s/shark-ss-174-v.html}}
 {{refend}}
-{{coord|20|41|N|119|27|E|display=title}}
+== External links ==
+*[http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/uss-shark-174.htm On Eternal Patrol: USS ''Shark'']
+{{coord|1|45|N|127|15|E|display=title}}
 {{United States Porpoise class submarine}}
+{{February 1942 shipwrecks}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Shark (SS-174)}}
-[[Category:United States Porpoise class submarines]]
+[[Category:United States Porpoise-class submarines]]
 [[Category:World War II submarines of the United States]]
 [[Category:Lost submarines of the United States]]
-[[Category:Ships built in Connecticut]]
+[[Category:Ships built in Groton, Connecticut]]
 [[Category:1935 ships]]
-[[Category:Maritime incidents in 1942]]
+[[Category:Maritime incidents in February 1942]]
 [[Category:Shipwrecks of Indonesia]]
+[[Category:Submarines lost with all hands]]
+[[Category:Submarines sunk by Japanese warships]]
-[[ja:シャーク (SS-174)]]

v t e Porpoise-class submarines
P-1 type	Porpoise Pike
P-3 type	Shark Tarpon
P-5 type	Perch Pickerel Permit Plunger Pollack Pompano
Preceded by: Cachalot class Followed by: Salmon class
List of submarines of the United States Navy List of submarine classes of the United States Navy

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in February 1942
Shipwrecks	2 Feb: U-581, W. L. Steed 3 Feb: Talthybius 4 Feb: India Arrow 5 Feb: HMS Arbutus, China Arrow, Empress of Asia 6 Feb: U-82 9 Feb: Empire Fusilier, USS Lafayette, Natsushio 11 Feb: USS Shark, HMCS Spikenard 12 Feb: HMS Maori, Skanderbeg, V-1302 John Mahn 13 Feb: HMS Tempest 14 Feb: HMS Grasshopper, HMS Li Wo, President Taylor, Vyner Brooke 15 Feb: HNLMS Van Ghent 16 Feb: Monagas 17 Feb: USS Detector, Empire Comet, USS Paramount, HNLMS Van Nes 18 Feb: HNLMS K VII, USS Pollux, HNLMS Soerabaja, Surcouf, USS Truxtun 19 Feb: British Consul, British Motorist, Don Isidro, Empire Seal, Kelat, Mauna Loa, HMAS Mavie, USAT Meigs, Miraflores, Neptuna, USS Peary, HNLMS Piet Hein, Portmar, Zealandia 21 Feb: Kurtuluş 22 Feb: Hanne, Sama 23 Feb: HMS P38 24 Feb: Empire Celt, Struma (disaster) 26 Feb: Cassimir 27 Feb: HNLMS De Ruyter, HMS Electra, USS Langley, HMS Jupiter, HNLMS Java, HNLMS Kortenaer, R.P. Resor, Tembien 28 Feb: USS Jacob Jones Unknown date: I-23
Other incidents	4 Feb: USS Marblehead 18 Feb: USS Wilkes 19 Feb: Shch-421 20 Feb: Koolama 24 Feb: USS Thresher 25 Feb: I-5, I-6 28 Feb: USS Greenling, USS S-17
1941 1942 1943 January 1942 March 1942