USS Shark Lost in Bashi Straits During WWII, October 24, 1944
World War II: The USS Shark (SS-314) was lost with all 87 hands in the Bashi Straits after torpedoing the Japanese freighter Arisan Maru.
Date: October 24, 1944
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