USS Shark II (SS-314) is launched 17 October 1943 at Groton, CT.
USS Shark II (SS-314) is launched 17 October 1943 at Groton, CT.
Click the links to see pictures from the commissioning party at Polly's Inn, Montville, CT., February 1944. Shark II was lost with all hands 24 October 1944, the second submarine with that name to be lost. In February 1942, USS Shark (SS-174) was lost with all hands. All together 52 US submarines were lost in WW II.
For more information about Shark II, use this link to Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet.
For information about US submarines lost in WW II, use this link.
For submarine history and lost shipmates, use this link.
