USS Shark SS-174 offered is a United States Navy Submarine 

cover postmarked from Key West, Florida on July 13, 1985. 

Blue photo of submarine on cachet #2682 by Alvin Eckert, USCS #9964.

Cover franked with a 22 cent US Flag stamp.

This 287 foot Porpoise Class submarine was built at Groton, CT  between

1933 and 1936 and commissioned 25 Jan 1936.

This proud submarine was based in Manila, PI and was at sea when WW II started. Later based in Java, she made only 2 war patrols and was presumably sunk by an enemy destroyer on 11 Feb 1942. See her web pages for the details of her design, construction and service history, including battle narratives

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