Muskogee in Muskogee County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)

Memorial U.S.S. Shark (SS174)

Lost Feb. 11, 1942

— God Rest Their Souls —

Memorial U.S.S. Shark (SS174) Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 26, 2017

1. Memorial U.S.S. Shark (SS174) Memorial

Inscription.

Name Rate
Theodore A. Bellard MMI · Walter Blanchard CTM · John A. Bolton RM1 · Thomas L. Brannan S1Grady G. Byus, Jr. MM1 · Earl W. Cassidy LTJG · John P.Cooley MM2 · Billy B. Crawford F3 · Albert E. Croft EM2 · William T. Dawson EM2 · Edwin Denby, Jr. LTJG · Roscoe F. Dillen, Jr. LTJG XO · Paulino Ejaype OFFSTD1 · Roland A. Estes EM1 · Ferdinand A. Evans MM2 · Truman F. Evans TM1 · Agapito Fabra OFFSTD3 · Fred H. Farrell TM1 · Albert D. Fruit MM1 · Merrill R. Gilman CMM · [Pedro Gimenez SC1] · Lawrence C. Glass S1 · James A. Iverson F1 · Romie L. Jeffreys CMM · James E. Johnston F2 · Clifford E. Jones TM1 · Jesse A. Lester PHM2 · William C. Lidgerding RM2 · Thomas P. Loughlin TM2 · Arnold R. Lund MM1 · Loran R. Markin F2 · Rex E. McElroy EM2 · Kenneth E. McKinney EM2 · Robert F. Miller F2 · Arthur P. Moran CMM · Fred J. Morris SM1 · Warren H. Myer MM2 · Ermin J. Pechacek SM2 · Avery E. Perkins S1 · Robert L. Pettit CMM · Frank F. Philabert [Jr.] ENS · Walter E. Pilgram CEM · Bennie J. Polidori EM1 · Karl L. Sandmann Y2 · Henry L. Schmitt MM2

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· Louis Shane, Jr. LCDR--CO · John H. Smith CEM · Thayne C. Smith TM2 · Thomas P. Spilman RM3 · Robert H. Stephens S1 · Herman F. Striegler EM1 · Richard R. Thew FC1 · Henry O. Tubre S1 · John A. Turoczy SC1 · Roland H. Warren MM2 · James K. White GM1 · John M. Worsham TM3 · Charles R. Yanks SM2 · Harold [R.] Zeorlin TM2

God rest their souls

Erected by Oklahoma World War II Submarine Veterans.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Disasters • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels.

Location. 35° 47.625′ N, 95° 18.623′ W. Memorial is in Muskogee, Oklahoma, in Muskogee County. It can be reached from Batfish Road. Memorial is on the Muskogee War Memorial Park grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 3500 Batfish Road, Muskogee OK 74403, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Oklahoma’s Muscogee Nation

and specifically in the Cherokee Nation.

It is also in the American South,

specifically on the prairies,

and on the Southern Plains.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 26, 2017

2. Memorial U.S.S. Shark (SS174) Memorial

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Troops L & M, Roosevelt's Rough Riders (here, next to this marker); Vietnam War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Fort Davis (approx. 1½ miles away); Samuel Richard Memorial Hall (approx. 1.7 miles away); Mackey's Salt Kettle (approx. 1.8 miles away); Milly Francis (approx. 1.8 miles away); Ataloa Lodge (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Muskogee.

Also see . . . On Eternal Patrol - USS Shark (SS-174). (Submitted on October 9, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 5, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 9, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 618 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 9, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.