Lost Boats
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SS-174
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Lost Boat ( #2 of 5 )
USS Shark I (SS-174)
Lost on:
Lost on Feb 11,1942 with the loss of 59 officers and men on her 1st war patrol. Shark was the 1st US submarine sunk by enemy surface craft in the Pacific. She was most likely sunk by depth charges.
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Class:
SS 172
Commissioned:
1/25/1936
Launched:
5/21/1935
Builder:
Electric Boat Co (General Dynamics)
Length:
298
, Beam:
25
#Officers:
5
, #Enlisted:
45
Fate:
Shark was reported as presumed lost, the victim of unknown causes. 59 men lost
