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Shark

Ship Designation: 
SS-314
Date Lost: 
Tuesday, October 24, 1944
Lost at Sea
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.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 86

Namesort ascending Service Branch
CTM Raymond Leecy USN
Sea 1c Kenneth Lawson USN
MOMM 2c Sterling Krecker USN
MOMM 2c Thomas Kneib USN
Lt Alvin Kirstein USN
CTM Clarence Kibbons USN
MOMM 2c Steven Jurovaty USN
EM 2c Arthur Josephs USN
Lt Eugene Hunting USN
Sea 1c James Huffman USN
TM 1c Bunyan Hudgins USN
SM 2c Sam Houston USN
StM 1c Richard Hooker USN
F 2c Ross Hoffman USN
CMOMM Willie Hawthorn USN
LCdr John Harper USN
MOMM 1c Arthur Giles USN
RM 3c Lawrence Ferguson USN
TM 3c Andrew Elko USN
TM 3c Hal Dupuy USN

Pages

Harry Holmes, “The Last Patrol” pp.134-135