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USS Shark (SS-314)

SHARK was lost during her third war patrol, probably in the vicinity of Luzon Strait, while participating in a coordinated attack group with submarines SEADRAGON (SS-194) and BLACKFISH (SS-221). On 24 October, SEADRAGON received a message from SHARK stating that she had made radar contact with a single freighter, and that she was going to attack. This was the last message received from the submarine, and all subsequent attempts to contact SHARK failed. She was reported as presumed lost on 27 November. According to Japanese records examined after the war, on 24 October 1944, in Luzon Strait, destroyer HARUKAZE made contact with a submerged submarine and dropped depth charges. After losing and regaining the contact, the destroyer dropped another 17 depth charges which resulted in “bubbles, heavy oil, clothes and cork” coming to the surface.

ENS S.D. Adams

F1 James M. Adamson

TM1 Joseph W. Babig

EM2 Donald E. Bailey

S1 Charles M. Baker

SC1 James J. Barrett

EM2 Claude A. BartonJr.

SM1 Henry R. BlackJr.

CDR(CO) Edward N. Blakely

GM3 Walter E. Borusiewicz

TM3 Charles R. Brown

PhMC Leon M. Brown

S1 William E. BuckeyJr.

MoMM2 J.E. Burns

MoMM1 Rolland T. Burns

RT1 Ralph M. Cerruti

MoMM1 Orville G. Chilcote

MoMM2 Robert F. Click

RM3 William A. Constantinos

MoMM2 Herbert A. Cupper

MoMM2 John S. Davis

LT Jesse A. DavisJr.

F1 Mark A. Delehanty

SC3 Leslie G. Dobson

TM2 Louis J. Doyen

MoMM1 Franklin C. Drury

MoMM1 Perry L. Dryer

TM3 Hal H. Dupuy

TM3 Andrew Elko

RM3 Lawrence H. Ferguson

MoMM1 Arthur L. Giles

LCDR(XO) John D. Harper

MoMMC Willie E. Hawthorn

F2 Ross C. HoffmanJr.

SM1 Richard E. Hooker

SM2 Sam Houston

TM1 Bunyan C. HudginsJr.

S1 James R. Huffman

LT Eugene N. HuntingJr.

EM2 Arthur T. Josephs

MoMM2 Steven Jurovaty

TMC Clarence V. Kibbons

LT Alvin E. Kirstein

MoMM2 Thomas F. Kneib

MoMM2 Sterling S. Krecker

S1 Kenneth E. Lawson

TMC Raymond A. Leecy

S1 Charles U. Leonard

ENS William T. Lewis

F1 Frederick Luedemann

RM2 Daniel B. Lyon

F1 James C. MacIntyre

RM3 Byron T. Masincupp

LT Robert S. McDonald

YN3 Robert W. Muntz

S1 Walter E. Olson

GM2 William R. Ongerth

RM1 Marvin D. Oothoudt

EMC William O. Paulsen

RM1 Royalston E. Perkins

RMC Irby C. Perrin

F2 John M. Perry

CK2 George W. Pittman

RM3 Michael Polikowski

MoMMC Willie W. Porter

EMC Floyd E. Reed

FC3 Kenneth A. Reich

SMC Francis S. Reilly

FC2 Rudolph H. Reinthaler

EM1 Arlin L. Ridgeway

EM3 Herbert A. Satterfield

MoMMC Lloyd Schuermann

EM3 Anthony E. Scutiero

QM2 Jesse L. Selig

YN1 Donald E. Shaffer

SC2 Bernon F. Shaw

ENS Henry ShefchekJr.

EM3 William A. Simko

TM3 Harvey H. Thommen

TM3 Kenneth R. Tien

EM1 Forrest S. Tiller

LT(jg) William H. Turner

TM3 William R. Wall

BM1 Richard W. Wansky

TM3 Richard W. Wells

SC3 Martin L. Williams

MoMM3 John J. Zidziunas