MACDONALD, ROBERT SCRYMSER, Lieutenant (no. O-095477), USS Shark, US Navy Reserve, †24/10/1944
Parents, James and Kathryn MacDonald
Wife, Mrs. Oliva Davis MacDonald, 120 W. 12th St., New York
KIA USS Shark (SS-314) in vicinity of Luzon Strait
USS SHARK (SS-314)
Shark was lost during her third war patrol, probably in the vicinity of Luzon Strait, while participating in a coordinated attack group with submarines USS Seadragon and USS Blackfish.
On October 24, 1944, Seadragon received a message from Shark stating that she had made radar contact with a single freighter, and she was going in to attack. This was the last message received from the submarine.
After making radar contact, Shark was in pursuit of a single freighter. At approximately 5:00 pm on 24 October 1944 in the Bashi Straits, South China Sea, latitude 20°46'N, longitude 118°18' E, the 6,886-ton Japanese freighter Arisan Maru was sunk. Arisan Maru carried no markings or flag to indicate that it was carrying Allied prisoners of war. The Americans had no way of recognizing Arisan Maru was a prison ship. The torpedo launched from Shark hit aft of midships causing Arisan Maru to split in two.
Naval records indicate that Shark was lost with all 87 hands in the same battle after having torpedoed Arisan Maru.
Japanese records examined after the war indicate that on 24 October 1944, in Luzon Strait, 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.
Source: Wikipedia
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Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, He was not officially declared by the military as being dead until November 8, 1945.
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Robert served as a Lieutenant, U.S.S. Shark (SS-314), U.S. Navy during World War II.
He resided in New York prior to the war.
The U.S.S. Shark was sunk by the Japanese destroyer Harukaze off Taiwan during the war.
Robert was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking.
Service # 0-095477
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The entire crew of the Shark, 87 total, were killed in this attack.
Note: The U.S.S. Shark had, on the same day it was sunk, torpedoed the Japanese freighter Arisan Maru not knowing that U.S. POW's were on the ship. 1,173 U.S. POW's were lost in this sinking which was the largest loss of American lives in a single disaster at sea.
Bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
Parents, James and Kathryn MacDonald
Wife, Mrs. Oliva Davis MacDonald, 120 W. 12th St., New York
KIA USS Shark (SS-314) in vicinity of Luzon Strait
USS SHARK (SS-314)
Shark was lost during her third war patrol, probably in the vicinity of Luzon Strait, while participating in a coordinated attack group with submarines USS Seadragon and USS Blackfish.
On October 24, 1944, Seadragon received a message from Shark stating that she had made radar contact with a single freighter, and she was going in to attack. This was the last message received from the submarine.
After making radar contact, Shark was in pursuit of a single freighter. At approximately 5:00 pm on 24 October 1944 in the Bashi Straits, South China Sea, latitude 20°46'N, longitude 118°18' E, the 6,886-ton Japanese freighter Arisan Maru was sunk. Arisan Maru carried no markings or flag to indicate that it was carrying Allied prisoners of war. The Americans had no way of recognizing Arisan Maru was a prison ship. The torpedo launched from Shark hit aft of midships causing Arisan Maru to split in two.
Naval records indicate that Shark was lost with all 87 hands in the same battle after having torpedoed Arisan Maru.
Japanese records examined after the war indicate that on 24 October 1944, in Luzon Strait, 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.
Source: Wikipedia
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Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, He was not officially declared by the military as being dead until November 8, 1945.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Robert served as a Lieutenant, U.S.S. Shark (SS-314), U.S. Navy during World War II.
He resided in New York prior to the war.
The U.S.S. Shark was sunk by the Japanese destroyer Harukaze off Taiwan during the war.
Robert was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking.
Service # 0-095477
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The entire crew of the Shark, 87 total, were killed in this attack.
Note: The U.S.S. Shark had, on the same day it was sunk, torpedoed the Japanese freighter Arisan Maru not knowing that U.S. POW's were on the ship. 1,173 U.S. POW's were lost in this sinking which was the largest loss of American lives in a single disaster at sea.
Bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
MACDONALD, ROBERT SCRYMSER, Lieutenant (no. O-095477), USS Shark, US Navy Reserve, †24/10/1944
Parents, James and Kathryn MacDonald
Wife, Mrs. Oliva Davis MacDonald, 120 W. 12th St., New York
KIA USS Shark (SS-314) in vicinity of Luzon Strait
USS SHARK (SS-314)
Shark was lost during her third war patrol, probably in the vicinity of Luzon Strait, while participating in a coordinated attack group with submarines USS Seadragon and USS Blackfish.
On October 24, 1944, Seadragon received a message from Shark stating that she had made radar contact with a single freighter, and she was going in to attack. This was the last message received from the submarine.
After making radar contact, Shark was in pursuit of a single freighter. At approximately 5:00 pm on 24 October 1944 in the Bashi Straits, South China Sea, latitude 20°46'N, longitude 118°18' E, the 6,886-ton Japanese freighter Arisan Maru was sunk. Arisan Maru carried no markings or flag to indicate that it was carrying Allied prisoners of war. The Americans had no way of recognizing Arisan Maru was a prison ship. The torpedo launched from Shark hit aft of midships causing Arisan Maru to split in two.
Naval records indicate that Shark was lost with all 87 hands in the same battle after having torpedoed Arisan Maru.
Japanese records examined after the war indicate that on 24 October 1944, in Luzon Strait, 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.
Source: Wikipedia
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Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, He was not officially declared by the military as being dead until November 8, 1945.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Robert served as a Lieutenant, U.S.S. Shark (SS-314), U.S. Navy during World War II.
He resided in New York prior to the war.
The U.S.S. Shark was sunk by the Japanese destroyer Harukaze off Taiwan during the war.
Robert was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking.
Service # 0-095477
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The entire crew of the Shark, 87 total, were killed in this attack.
Note: The U.S.S. Shark had, on the same day it was sunk, torpedoed the Japanese freighter Arisan Maru not knowing that U.S. POW's were on the ship. 1,173 U.S. POW's were lost in this sinking which was the largest loss of American lives in a single disaster at sea.
Bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
Parents, James and Kathryn MacDonald
Wife, Mrs. Oliva Davis MacDonald, 120 W. 12th St., New York
KIA USS Shark (SS-314) in vicinity of Luzon Strait
USS SHARK (SS-314)
Shark was lost during her third war patrol, probably in the vicinity of Luzon Strait, while participating in a coordinated attack group with submarines USS Seadragon and USS Blackfish.
On October 24, 1944, Seadragon received a message from Shark stating that she had made radar contact with a single freighter, and she was going in to attack. This was the last message received from the submarine.
After making radar contact, Shark was in pursuit of a single freighter. At approximately 5:00 pm on 24 October 1944 in the Bashi Straits, South China Sea, latitude 20°46'N, longitude 118°18' E, the 6,886-ton Japanese freighter Arisan Maru was sunk. Arisan Maru carried no markings or flag to indicate that it was carrying Allied prisoners of war. The Americans had no way of recognizing Arisan Maru was a prison ship. The torpedo launched from Shark hit aft of midships causing Arisan Maru to split in two.
Naval records indicate that Shark was lost with all 87 hands in the same battle after having torpedoed Arisan Maru.
Japanese records examined after the war indicate that on 24 October 1944, in Luzon Strait, 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.
Source: Wikipedia
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, He was not officially declared by the military as being dead until November 8, 1945.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Robert served as a Lieutenant, U.S.S. Shark (SS-314), U.S. Navy during World War II.
He resided in New York prior to the war.
The U.S.S. Shark was sunk by the Japanese destroyer Harukaze off Taiwan during the war.
Robert was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking.
Service # 0-095477
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The entire crew of the Shark, 87 total, were killed in this attack.
Note: The U.S.S. Shark had, on the same day it was sunk, torpedoed the Japanese freighter Arisan Maru not knowing that U.S. POW's were on the ship. 1,173 U.S. POW's were lost in this sinking which was the largest loss of American lives in a single disaster at sea.
Bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
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