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Shark 2* (SS 314)


Joining Seadragon and Blackfish at Pearl Harbor, the second Shark (Commander E.N. Blakely) left that place on 23 September 1944, and proceeded to Saipan to begin her third war patrol. The three vessels left the latter island on 3 October to conduct a coordinated patrol in the vicinity of Luzon Strait. Commander Blakely had command of this coordinated attack group, called Blakely's Behemoths.

On 22 October, Shark reported having contacted four large enemy vessels in Latitude 20°-28'N, Longitude 117°-50'E. She still had her full load of torpedoes aboard, so had not made an attack. Shark addressed no further messages to bases, but on 24 October, Seadragon received a message from her stating that she had made radar contact with a single freighter, and that she was going in to attack. This was the last message received from Shar.

However, on 13 November 1944, a dispatch originated by Commander Naval Unit, Fourteenth Air Force, stated that a Japanese ship enroute from Manila to Japan with 1800 American prisoners of war had been sunk on 24 October by an American submarine in a torpedo attack. No other submarine reported the attack, and sinceShark had given Seadragon a contact report only a few hours before the sinking, and could not be raised by radio after it, it can only be assumed that Shark made the attack described, and perished during or after it. Five prisoners who survived and subsequently reached China stated that conditions on the prison ship were so intolerable that the prisoners prayed for deliverance from their misery by a torpedo or bomb. Because many prisoners of war had been rescued from the water by submarines after sinking vessels in which they were being transported, U.S. submarines had been instructed to search for Allied survivors in the vicinity of all sinkings of Empire-bound Japanese ships. Shark may well have been sunk trying to rescue American prisoners of war. All attempts to contact Shark by radio failed and on 27 November she was reported as presumed lost.

A report from the Japanese received after the close of war on antisubmarine attacks records the attack made by Shark on 24 October 1944, in Latitude 20°-41'N, Longitude 118°-27'E. Depth charges were dropped 17 times, and the enemy reports having seen "bubbles, and heavy oil, clothes, cork, etc." Several American submarines report having been attacked on this date near the position given, but in view of the fact that none reported the attack on the convoy cited above, this attack is considered the most probable cause ofShark's loss.

Shark sank five ships, totaling 32,200 tons and damaged two, for 9,900 tons prior to her last patrol. Her first patrol was in the area west of the Marianas. Shark sank two freighters, a transport and a large tanker, and damaged a freighter. In her second patrol in the Bonins, Shark sank a medium freighter.



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*Second in World War II - A very early submarine (SS-8) carried the name part of her life.

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Submarine insignia.


U.S.S. Shark (SS-314)
Name Rate   Name Rate
Adams, S.D.
Adamson, James M.
Babig, Joseph W.
Bailey, Donald E.
Baker, Charles M.
Barrett, James J.
Barton, Claude A., Jr.
Black, Henry R., Jr.
Blakely, Edward N.
Borusiewicz, Walter E.
Brown, Charles R.
Brown, Leon M.
Buckey, William E., Jr.
Burns, J.E.
Burns, Rolland T.
Cerruti, Ralph M.
Chilcote, Orville G.
Click, Robert F.
Constantinos, William A.
Cupper, Herbert A.
Davis, Jesse A., Jr.
Davis, John Scott
Delehanty, Mark A.
Dobson, Leslie G.
Doyen, Louis J.
Drury, Franklin C.
Dryer, Perry L.
Dupuy, Hal H.
Elko, Andrew
Ferguson, Lawrence H.
Giles, Arthur L.
Harper, John D.
Hawthorn, Willie E.
Hoffman, Ross C., Jr.
Hooker, Richard E.
Houston, Sam
Hudgins, Bunyan C., Jr.
Huffman, James R.
Hunting, Eugene N., Jr.
Josephs, Arthur T.
Jurovaty, Steven
Kibbons, Clarence V.
Kirstein, Alvin E.
Kneib, Thomas F.
ENS
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TM1
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MoMM2
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CMoMM
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TM1
S1
LT
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    Krecker, Sterling S.
Lawson, Kenneth E.
Leecy, Raymond A.
Leonard, Charles U.
Lewis, William T.
Luedemann, Frederick
Lyon, Daniel B.
MacIntyre, James C.
Masincupp, Byron T.
McDonald, Robert S.
Muntz, Robert W.
Olson, Walter E
Ongerth, William R.
Oothoudt, Marvin D.
Paulsen, William O.
Perkins, Royalston E.
Perrin, Irby C.
Perry, John M.
Pittman, George W.
Polikowski, Michael
Porter, Willie W.
Reed, Floyd E.
Reich, Kenneth A.
Reilly, Francis S.
Reinthaler, Rudolph H.
Ridgeway, Arlin L.
Satterfield, Herbert A.
Schuermann, Lloyd
Scutiero, Anthony E.
Selig, Jesse L.
Shaffer, Donald E.
Shaw, Bernon F.
Shefcheck, Henry, Jr.
Simko, William A.
Thommen, Harvey H.
Tien, Kenneth R.
Tiller, Forrest S.
Turner, William R.
Wall, William R.
Wansky, Richard W.
Wells, Richard W.
Williams, Martin L.
Zidziunas, John J.
MoMM2
S1
CTM
S1
ENS
F1
RM2
F1
RM3
LT
Y3
S1
GM2
RM1
CEM
RM1
CRM
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CMoMM
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CSM
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CMoMM
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SC2
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TM3
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U.S.S. Shark (SS-314)

Name

Rate

 

Name

Rate

Adams, S.D.
Adamson, James M.
Babig, Joseph W.
Bailey, Donald E.
Baker, Charles M.
Barrett, James J.
Barton, Claude A., Jr.
Black, Henry R., Jr.
Blakely, Edward N.
Borusiewicz, Walter E.
Brown, Charles R.
Brown, Leon M.
Buckey, William E., Jr.
Burns, J.E.
Burns, Rolland T.
Cerruti, Ralph M.
Chilcote, Orville G.
Click, Robert F.
Constantinos, William A.
Cupper, Herbert A.
Davis, Jesse A., Jr.
Delehanty, Mark A.
Dobson, Leslie G.
Doyen, Louis J.
Drury, Franklin C.
Dryer, Perry L.
Dupuy, Hal H.
Elko, Andrew
Ferguson, Lawrence H.
Giles, Arthur L.
Harper, John D.
Hawthorn, Willie E.
Hoffman, Ross C., Jr.
Hooker, Richard E.
Houston, Sam
Hudgins, Bunyan C., Jr.
Huffman, James R.
Hunting, Eugene N., Jr.
Josephs, Arthur T.
Jurovaty, Steven
Kibbons, Clarence V.
Kirstein, Alvin E.
Kneib, Thomas F.

ENS
F1
TM1
EM2
S1
SC1
EM2
SM1
CDR-CO
GM3
TM3
CPhM
S1
MoMM2
MoMM1
RT1
MoMM1
MoMM2
RM3
MoMM2
MoMM2
F1
SC3
TM2
MoMM1
MoMM1
TM3
TM3
RM3
MoMM1
LCDR-XO
CMoMM
F2
StM1
SM2
TM1
S1
LT
EM2
MoMM2
CTM
LT
MoMM2

   

Krecker, Sterling S.
Lawson, Kenneth E.
Leecy, Raymond A.
Leonard, Charles U.
Lewis, William T.
Luedemann, Frederick
Lyon, Daniel B.
MacIntyre, James C.
Masincupp, Byron T.
McDonald, Robert S.
Muntz, Robert W.
Olson, Walter E
Ongerth, William R.
Oothoudt, Marvin D.
Paulsen, William O.
Perkins, Royalston E.
Perrin, Irby C.
Perry, John M.
Pittman, George W.
Polikowski, Michael
Porter, Willie W.
Reed, Floyd E.
Reich, Kenneth A.
Reilly, Francis S.
Reinthaler, Rudolph H.
Ridgeway, Arlin L.
Satterfield, Herbert A.
Schuermann, Lloyd
Scutiero, Anthony E.
Selig, Jesse L.
Shaffer, Donald E.
Shaw, Bernon F.
Shefcheck, Henry, Jr.
Simko, William A.
Thommen, Harvey H.
Tien, Kenneth R.
Tiller, Forrest S.
Turner, William R.
Wall, William R.
Wansky, Richard W.
Wells, Richard W.
Williams, Martin L.
Zidziunas, John J.

MoMM2
S1
CTM
S1
ENS
F1
RM2
F1
RM3
LT
Y3
S1
GM2
RM1
CEM
RM1
CRM
F2
Ck2
RM3
CMoMM
CEM
FC3
CSM
FC2
EM1
EM3
CMoMM
EM3
QM2
Y1
SC2
ENS
EM3
TM3
TM3
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TM3
TM3
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MoMM3

U.S.S. Shark (SS-314)

Name

Rate

 

Name

Rate

Adams, S.D.
Adamson, James M.
Babig, Joseph W.
Bailey, Donald E.
Baker, Charles M.
Barrett, James J.
Barton, Claude A., Jr.
Black, Henry R., Jr.
Blakely, Edward N.
Borusiewicz, Walter E.
Brown, Charles R.
Brown, Leon M.
Buckey, William E., Jr.
Burns, J.E.
Burns, Rolland T.
Cerruti, Ralph M.
Chilcote, Orville G.
Click, Robert F.
Constantinos, William A.
Cupper, Herbert A.
Davis, Jesse A., Jr.
Delehanty, Mark A.
Dobson, Leslie G.
Doyen, Louis J.
Drury, Franklin C.
Dryer, Perry L.
Dupuy, Hal H.
Elko, Andrew
Ferguson, Lawrence H.
Giles, Arthur L.
Harper, John D.
Hawthorn, Willie E.
Hoffman, Ross C., Jr.
Hooker, Richard E.
Houston, Sam
Hudgins, Bunyan C., Jr.
Huffman, James R.
Hunting, Eugene N., Jr.
Josephs, Arthur T.
Jurovaty, Steven
Kibbons, Clarence V.
Kirstein, Alvin E.
Kneib, Thomas F.

ENS
F1
TM1
EM2
S1
SC1
EM2
SM1
CDR-CO
GM3
TM3
CPhM
S1
MoMM2
MoMM1
RT1
MoMM1
MoMM2
RM3
MoMM2
MoMM2
F1
SC3
TM2
MoMM1
MoMM1
TM3
TM3
RM3
MoMM1
LCDR-XO
CMoMM
F2
StM1
SM2
TM1
S1
LT
EM2
MoMM2
CTM
LT
MoMM2

   

Krecker, Sterling S.
Lawson, Kenneth E.
Leecy, Raymond A.
Leonard, Charles U.
Lewis, William T.
Luedemann, Frederick
Lyon, Daniel B.
MacIntyre, James C.
Masincupp, Byron T.
McDonald, Robert S.
Muntz, Robert W.
Olson, Walter E
Ongerth, William R.
Oothoudt, Marvin D.
Paulsen, William O.
Perkins, Royalston E.
Perrin, Irby C.
Perry, John M.
Pittman, George W.
Polikowski, Michael
Porter, Willie W.
Reed, Floyd E.
Reich, Kenneth A.
Reilly, Francis S.
Reinthaler, Rudolph H.
Ridgeway, Arlin L.
Satterfield, Herbert A.
Schuermann, Lloyd
Scutiero, Anthony E.
Selig, Jesse L.
Shaffer, Donald E.
Shaw, Bernon F.
Shefcheck, Henry, Jr.
Simko, William A.
Thommen, Harvey H.
Tien, Kenneth R.
Tiller, Forrest S.
Turner, William R.
Wall, William R.
Wansky, Richard W.
Wells, Richard W.
Williams, Martin L.
Zidziunas, John J.

MoMM2
S1
CTM
S1
ENS
F1
RM2
F1
RM3
LT
Y3
S1
GM2
RM1
CEM
RM1
CRM
F2
Ck2
RM3
CMoMM
CEM
FC3
CSM
FC2
EM1
EM3
CMoMM
EM3
QM2
Y1
SC2
ENS
EM3
TM3
TM3
EM1
TM3
TM3
BM1
TM3
SC3
MoMM3

 

Published: Thu Feb 02 10:19:52 EST 2017