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	USS Shark (SSN-591) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Shark (SSN-591), a Skipjack-class submarine, was the seventh ship of the United States Navy to be named for the shark, a large predatory fish with a full cartilaginous skeleton, a streamlined body plan, dermal denticles covering the body to protect from parasites, and rows of replaceable teeth in the mouth.
		Shark was in drydock at Norfolk from 1 January 1970 to 9 August 1971.
		Shark was deactivated, in commission, on 16 October 1986 and formally decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 15 September 1990.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Shark_%28SSN-591%29 (730 words)

	USS Shark (1821) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The first Shark was a (Sailing vessel used in former times) schooner in the (The navy of the United States of America; maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces) United States Navy.
		In 1833, Shark was relieved in the West Indies by the schooner, (Click link for more info and facts about Experiment) Experiment, and sailed for the (The largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia) Mediterranean, where she remained for the next five years, cruising extensively in order to protect American commerce.
		The Secretary of the Navy noted in 1841 that “all who witnessed the operations of the Shark were inspired with increased respect for the American flag.” She also made infrequent cruises northward to observe conditions in (A republic on the Isthmus of Panama; achieved independence from Colombia in 1903) Panama and to receive mail.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/u/us/uss_shark_(1821)2.htm (861 words)

	USS Shark (SS-8) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The third USS Shark (SS-8) was an early Plunger-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy, later renamed as A-7.
		Loaded on board the collier USS Caesar, Shark and her sistership USS Porpoise comprised the auxiliary's deck cargo as she proceeded, via the Suez Canal, to the Philippine Islands.
		Shark was launched soon after her arrival at Cavite in July and was recommissioned on 14 August 1908.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Shark_(SS-8) (553 words)

	USS Indianapolis CA-35
		She was directed to join the battleship USS Idaho (BB-42) at Leyte Gulf in the Philippines to prepare for the invasion of Japan.
		Shark attacks began with sunrise of the first day and continued until the men were physically removed from the water, almost five days later.
		After almost five days of constant shark attacks, starvation, terrible thirst, suffering from exposure and their wounds, the men of the Indianapolis were at last rescued from the sea.
	www.ussindianapolis.org /story.htm (1785 words)

	USS Shark (SS-174) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Shark (SS-174), a Porpoise-class submarine, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the shark, a large, marine predator.
		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, Philippine Islands, where she engaged in fleet tactics and exercises until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
		On 6 January 1942, Shark was barely missed by a torpedo from a Japanese submarine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Shark_(SS-174) (566 words)

	Encyclopedia: USS Shark (SS-8) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Shark The Plunger-class was an early class of United States Navy submarines, used primarily during World War I. General Characteristics Lead Boat: USS Plunger (SS-2) Builders: Crescent Shipyard (SS 2, 3, 5, 7, 8), Union Iron Works (SS 4, 6) Number of boats: 7 boats Displacement: 107 tons Length...
		USS Adder (SS-3) (later renamed A-2), a Plunger-class submarine, was one of the earliest submarines used by the United States Navy.
		USS Grampus (SS-4), a Plunger-class submarine torpedo boat later named A-3, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for two members of the dolphin family (Delphinidae): Grampus griseus, also known as Rissos Dolphin, and Orcinus orca, also known as the Killer...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/USS-Shark-%28SS_8%29 (2028 words)

	Encyclopedia: USS Shark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The second Shark (1861) was a captured Confederate schooner captured by the United States Navy and later renamed George W. Rodgers.
		The fourth Shark (SP-534) was a motorboat purchased and commissioned by the Navy in 1917.
		The fifth Shark (SS-174) was a Porpoise-class submarine commissioned in 1936.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/USS-Shark (208 words)

	USS Shark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The first Shark, a schooner built in the Washington Navy Yard, was launched on 17 May 1821.
		On 11 May 1821, Mathew C. Perry was ordered to command of Shark, and the ship was ready to receive her crew on 2 June 1821.
		In 1833, Shark was relieved in the West Indies by the schooner, Experiment, and sailed for ths Mediterranean where she remained for the next five years, cruising extensively in order to protect American commerce.
	www.navyhistory.com /MISC%202/shark.html (747 words)

	The Dolphin - News - 02/03/2005 - USS Shark (SS 174) February 11, 1942 - 58 Men Lost (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On Jan. 25, Shark was advised that heavy air raids on Ambon might indicate an enemy landing force moving toward the island.
		One was east of Menado on northern Celebes on Feb. 11, 1942; the second was north of Kendari on the southeast coast of Celebes on Feb. 17, 1942; the third was east of Kandari on Feb. 21, 1942.
		Loss of Shark to an enemy minefield is deemed improbable, since the enemy was on the offensive at this time and would naturally hesitate to lay mines in the path of his advance down the Strait of Makassar.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=13872281&BRD=1659&PAG=461&dept_id=8103&rfi=6 (628 words)

	USS SHARK II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		SHARK addressed no further messages to bases, but on October 24th, 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.
		SHARK sank five ships, totaling 32,200 tons and damaged two, for 9,900 tons prior to her last patrol.
		SHARK is the second U.S. Submarine to bear the name in WWII — An earlier SHARK (SS-174) carried the name part of her life and was also lost.
	www.csp.navy.mil /ww2boats/shark2.htm (634 words)

	Submarine Centennial Chronology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		USS George Washington (SSBN-598), after long deployment on many submerged patrols, completes her initial overhaul and is refit to carry the 2,500-mile range Polaris A-3 missile.
		USS Scorpion (SSN-589) is reported overdue and presumed lost during her transit from the Mediterranean to Norfolk.
		USS Los Angeles (SSN-688) is commissioned at Newport News, Virginia as the first of a new class of attack submarine.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/submarines/centennial/chrono.html (3046 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The USS Shark is now docked at DS 11 awaiting its first permanent crew to arrive.
		The USS Shark carries all the weaponry and crew of a Galaxy Class Starship plus 40 Mako Attack Craft and 100 Marines in its "dorsal fin".
		The USS Shark's present mission is to investigate strange signals coming from the unexplored sector.
	www.onlinemac.com /users/penguin/info.htm (117 words)

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		In August of 1905, USS Plunger underwent two weeks of upkeep before clearing the yard on 22 August, towed by the tug "Apache," bound for Oyster Bay, where she would conduct trials near the home of President Theodore Roosevelt.
		Reassigned to the Charleston (South Carolina) Navy Yard, USS Plunger reached that port on 24 October 1909 and moored alongside gunboat USS Castine, the submarine tender for the Atlantic Submarine Fleet.
		USS A-1 (SS-2) was sold for scrap on 26 January 1922.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Base/7660/A-1.html (862 words)

	USS Shark (SS 8) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The third USS Shark (SS-8) was an early Plunger-class submarine in the service ofthe United States Navy, later renamed as A-7.
		She was laid down on 11 January 1901 at Elizabethport, New Jersey by the Crescent Shipyard, launched on 19 October 1901, and commissioned on 19 September 1903 at New Suffolk,New York with Lieutenant Charles P. Nelson incommand.
		Shark was launched soon after herarrival at Cavite in July and was recommissioned on 14 August 1908.
	www.therfcc.org /uss-shark-ss-8--263708.html (506 words)

	Eternal Patrol - USS Shark (SS-314) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Shark was commissioned on February 14, 1944 with Lieutenant Commander Edward N. Blakely in command.
		Shark addressed no further messages to base, but on October 24, 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.
		All attempts to contact Shark by radio failed and on November 27 she was reported as presumed lost.
	thesaltysailor.com /ships/lostboat28.htm (511 words)

	Submarine Centennial Chronology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		USS Thresher (SSN-593) is reported overdue and presumed lost during a test dive 220 miles east of Boston.
		USS Nautilus (SSN-571) is decommissioned at Mare Island Naval Shipyard.
		USS Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN-600) and USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602) are decommissioned.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/cno/n87/history/chrono.html (3046 words)

	USS Shark -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The first (Click link for more info and facts about Shark (1821)) Shark (1821) was a (Sailing vessel used in former times) schooner destroyed on a sandbar in 1846.
		The second Shark (1861) was a captured (A supporter of the Confederate States of America) Confederate schooner captured by the (The navy of the United States of America; maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces) United States Navy and later renamed George W. Rodgers.
		The third (Click link for more info and facts about Shark (SS-8)) Shark (SS-8) was a (Click link for more info and facts about Plunger-class) Plunger-class (A submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes) submarine commissioned in 1903.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/U/US/USS_Shark2.htm (250 words)

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		USS Maryland (ACR-8) Displacement: 13,680 tons Length: 503.9 ft Beam: 69.7 ft Draft: 26 ft Speed: 22.4 knots Complement:...
		USS Mercy (AH-8) General Characteristics Displacement: 9,800 tons Length: 416 ft Beam: 60,2 ft Draught: 24,6 ft Propulsi...
		USS Shark (SS-8) List of United States submarines List of United States submarine classes...
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/8.html (2029 words)

	History of the USS Robert E. Lee
		Both the USS Robert E. Lee (SSBN/SSN-601) and the USS Thomas A. Edison (SSBN/SSN-610) were was decommissioned in joint ceremony held aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63).
		The USS Robert E. Lee was the third nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine to join the fleet.
		She was to become the USS Shark (SSN-591), Newport News Shipyard Hull No 545, as one of the boats in the modified Skipjack class (SSN-585) design.
	www.ssbn601.com /history.asp (2535 words)

	USS SHARK 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On January 25, SHARK was advised that heavy air raids on Ambon might indicate an enemy landing force moving toward the island.
		On February 2 SHARK reported to Surabaya that she had been depth charged 10 miles off Tifore Island and that she had missed on one torpedo attack.
		One was east of Menado on northern Celebes on February 11, 1942; the second was north of Kendari on the southeast coast of Celebes on February 17, 1942; the third was east of Kandari on February 21, 1942.
	www.csp.navy.mil /ww2boats/shark1.htm (601 words)

	ipedia.com: Matthew Perry (naval officer) Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Matthew Perry obtained a midshipman's commission in the Navy in 1809, and was initially assigned to USS Revenge, which was under the command of his elder brother.
		During that war Perry was transferred to USS United States, and consequently saw little fighting in that war afterward since the ship was trapped at New London, Connecticut.
		Perry commanded USS Shark from 1821-1825, and from 1826-1827 acted as fleet captain for Commodore Rodgers.
	www.ipedia.com /matthew_perry__naval_officer_.html (775 words)

	USN Ships--USS Shark (Submarine # 8)
		USS Shark, a 107-ton Plunger (later A-1) class submarine built at Elizabethport, New Jersey, was commissioned in September 1903.
		In April 1908 Shark was loaded on board the collier Caesar for transportation to Manila, where she arrived in July.
		USS A-7 was decommissioned in December 1919, though she had apparently been inactive since April 1918.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-s/ss8.htm (607 words)

	USS Shark V (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The fifth Shark (SS-174) was laid down by the Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn., on 24 October 1933; launched on 21 May 1935, sponsored by Miss Ruth Ellen Lonergan, 12-year-old daughter of United States Senator Augustine Lonergan of Connecticut; and commissioned on 25 January 1936, L1;.
		Following shakedown in the North Atlantic and the Caribbean, Shark transited the Panama Canal and arrived at San Diego, Calif., on 4 March 1937.
		For the next week, Shark patrolled Tayabas Bay until ordered back to Manila on the 19th to embark Admiral Thomas C. Hart, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Asiatic Fleet, for transportation to Soerabaja, Java.
	www.navyhistory.com /Submarine/sharkV.html (383 words)

	Another Tender Sailor's Tale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		No other submarines reported the attack, and since USS Shark had given USS Seadragon a contact report only a few hours before the sinking, and could not be raised by radio after that, it can only be assumed that Shark made the attack, and perished during or after it.
		All attempts to contact Shark by radio failed and on November 27, 1944, she was presumed lost.
		One transport that sailed with us was sunk by the USS Shark 2, SS-314, and American submarine, claiming the lives of 1850 Allied POW's.
	www.mississippi.net /~comcents/tendertale.com/ttii/ttii-1.html (852 words)

	USN Ships--USS Shark (SS-314) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		USS Shark, a 1526-ton Balao class submarine built at Groton, Connecticut, was commissioned in mid-February 1944.
		Shark's second war patrol, off the Volcano and Bonin Islands in July and August, produced no sinkings but did result in the rescue of two Navy airmen from a downed torpedo plane.
		Shark left Pearl Harbor in September and, on 24 October 1944, is believed to have sunk a Japanese ship carrying American prisoners of war from the Philipines to Japan.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-s/ss314.htm (326 words)

	Batfish Wall of Honor
		USS Barbel SS-316 45' Sunk by aerial bombs.
		USS Shark II SS-314 44' Sunk by surface craft.
		USS Sealion SS-195 41' Sunk by aerial bombs.
	www.batfish.org /page4.html (392 words)

	USSVI - Memorials by State - Oklahoma
		On 6 January 1942, Shark narrowly escaped being torpedoed by a Japanese submarine.
		Post war examination of Japanese records suggests that Shark was sunk by gunfire from the Japanese destroyer Yamakaze on 11 February 1942, but this information has never been confirmed.
		Shark was reported overdue and therefore presumed lost on 7 March 1942.
	www.ussvi.org /mem/state-ok.htm (368 words)

	Mel Gibson Taking on SHARK? (USS Indianapolis story) [Free Republic]
		For nearly a week, hundreds of men attempted to stay alive while sharks picked them off one by one, until they were sighted and saved.
		As he remembers the grisly, hideous story of the fate of the shipwrecked USS Indianapolis' crew during the World War II-era, he recalls an attack of swarming sharks that began a half hour later.
		So we formed ourselves into tight groups...the idea was, the shark comes to the nearest man and he starts poundin' and hollerin' and screamin'.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3b5f173354d9.htm (1128 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Submarine USS Shark (ii) of the Balao class
		USS Shark sliding down the slipway 17 October 1943.
		On 24 October 1944 USS Seadragon received a message from USS Shark (ii)stating that she had made radar contact with a single freighter, and that she was going in to attack.
		With her trials and initial training completed USS Shark (ii) (Cdr.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/3060.html (295 words)

	USS Shark SSN-591 - Frank W. Karafa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		USS Shark SS(N) 591 is a nuclear fast-attack submarine of the Skipjack class.
		Submergence endurance for this ship is virtually unlimited and its cruising range is in excess of 60,000 miles.
		Shark's wartime mission is to seek out and destroy enemy submarines and surface vessels.
	www.concentric.net /~karafaf/shark.html (81 words)

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