USS Shark

Seven United States Navy ships have borne the name Shark.

• The first Shark (1821) was a schooner destroyed on a sandbar in 1846.
• The second Shark (1861) was a captured Confederate schooner captured by the United States Navy and later renamed George W. Rodgers.
• The third Shark (SS-8) was a Plunger-class submarine commissioned in 1903.
• 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. Sunk 1942
• The sixth Shark (SS-314) was a Balao-class submarine commissioned in 1944. Sunk 1944.
• The seventh Shark (SSN-591) was a Skipjack-class submarine commissioned in 1961.

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