Shad
| Country | United States |
| Ship Class | Gato-class Submarine |
| Hull Number | SS-235 |
| Builder | Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, United States |
| Laid Down | 24 Oct 1941 |
| Launched | 15 Apr 1942 |
| Commissioned | 12 Jun 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 1 Jan 1947 |
| Displacement | 1,526 tons standard; 2,410 tons submerged |
| Length | 312 feet |
| Beam | 27 feet |
| Draft | 15 feet |
| Machinery | Four Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines, four Elliot Motor Co. motors, two screws |
| Bunkerage | 94,400 gallons, two 126-cell main storage batteries |
| Power Output | 5,400 shaft horsepower |
| Speed | 20 knots |
| Range | 11,000 nm at 10 knots |
| Crew | 60 |
| Armament | 10x21 |
| Submerged Speed | 8.75 knots |
| Final Decommission | 1 Apr 1960 |
ww2dbaseNamed for a fish just like many submarines of the era, Shad had her shakedown cruiser off the New England coast and held her first patrols in the Atlantic in places ranging from off West Africa to as far north as off Norway. In Sep 1943, she was transferred to the Pacific and performed six patrols by the end of the war. Notably, she performed patrols off the Japanese home islands and Taiwan near the end of the war, damaging a number of freighters (sinking of a small number of them) and disrupting Japanese logistics. She came off of the United States Navy's active list and became a training vessel in 1947. She was removed from that role in Apr 1960 and sold for scrap to Luria Brothers, Inc., Kearney, NJ in the same year.
ww2dbaseSource: Wikipedia.
Last Major Revision: Sep 2006
Submarine Shad (SS-235) Mapa Interativo
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Shad Operational Timeline
| 12 Jun 1942 | Shad was commissioned into service. |
| 31 Jan 1945 | Submarines USS Thresher, USS Peto, and USS Shad departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaiʻi as a wolfpack bound initially for Saipan in the Mariana Islands. Thresher was starting her fifteenth war patrol, Peto her eighth, and Shad her ninth. Commander John Middleton aboard Thresher was the wolfpack commander. The wolfpack would be known as "Middleton's Mobsters." Submarine USS Tilefish sailed with the wolfpack bound for Saipan but would not be a part of the wolfpack after that. |
| 12 Feb 1945 | Submarines USS Thresher, USS Peto, USS Shad, and USS Tilefish arrived at Saipan in the Mariana Islands and moored alongside submarine tender USS Fulton. |
| 13 Feb 1945 | Aboard submarine tender USS Fulton in Saipan Harbor, the commanding officers of submarines USS Thresher, USS Peto, USS Shad, and USS Tilefish were briefed about upcoming operations by Vice Admiral Charles Lockwood, Pacific Fleet Submarine Commander. Thresher, Peto, Shad, and Tilefish then departed Saipan bound for their respective patrol areas. |
| 16 Feb 1945 | Submarine USS Tilefish parted company with submarines USS Thresher, USS Peto, and USS Shad. |
| 18 Feb 1945 | Submarines USS Thresher, USS Peto, and USS Shad arrived in their patrol area of the Luzon Strait. |
| 17 Mar 1945 | The wolfpack consisting of submarines USS Thresher, USS Peto, and USS Shad was dissolved with Peto and Shad assigned to lifeguard duties and Thresher assigned to join a neighboring wolfpack consisting of submarines USS Piranha, USS Sea Owl, and USS Puffer. |
| 1 Jan 1947 | Shad was decommissioned from service. |
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