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NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive

Patch on right contributed by Mike Smolinski, on left by Don McGrogan, BMCS, USN (ret.)

Shad (SS-235)

Radio Call Sign: November - Whiskey - Delta - Victor

Gato Class Submarine: Laid down, 24 October 1941, at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.; Launched, 15 April 1942; Commissioned USS Shad (SS-235), 12 June 1942, at New London, CT.; Decommissioned in 1947; Placed in service as a Naval Reserve training vessel in the First Naval District;Beverly, Mass. and in 1948 to Salem, Mass. Placed out of service, 1 April 1960 and simultaneously struck from the Naval Register; Final Disposition, 21 June 1960 sold to North American Smelting Co., Burlington, NJ for $ 68.766.00. Removed on 11 July 1960. Shad received six battle stars for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 1,526 t., Submerged: 2,410 t.; Length 311' 10"; Beam 27' 3"; Draft 15' 2"; Speed, Surfaced 20.25 kts, Submerged 8.75 kts; Complement 6 officers, 54 enlished; Operating Depth, 300 ft; Submerged Endurance, 48 hrs at 2 kts; Patrol Endurance 75 days; Cruising Range, 11,000 miles surfaced at 10 kts; Armament, ten 21" torpedo tubes, six forward, four aft, 24 torpedoes, one 3"/50 deck gun, two .50 cal. machine guns, two .30 cal. machine guns; Propulsion, diesel electric reduction gear with four Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines, 5400 hp, Fuel Capacity, 94,400 gals., four Elliot Motor Co., electric motors, 2740 hp, two 126-cell main storage batteries, twin screws.

Size	Image Description	Source
41k	Commemorative postal cover issued on the occasion of the Shad's (SS-235) keel laying, 24 October 1941, at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
86k	Sliding down the launching ways, Shad (SS-235) backs into the waters of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME., 15 April 1942.	US Navy photo, courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org.
78k	Two of the 6 subs of from Sub Squadron 50: Barb (SS-220), *Blackfish (SS-221), Herring* (SS-233), Shad (SS-235), Gunnel (SS-253), and Gurnard (SS-254) tied up at Rosneath, Scotland, circa 7 December 1942. The sub tender Beaver (AS-5) is in the background.	USN photo courtesy of jmlavelle.com.
98k	A 1943 Watercolor by the artist Dwight Clark Shepler entitled "Jerry Hunters, Rosneath, Scotland." portrays the stern view of the sub tender Beaver (AS-5) and 3 of the 6 subs of Sub Squadron 50: Barb (SS-220), Blackfish (SS-221), Herring (SS-233), Shad (SS-235), Gunnel (SS-253), and Gurnard (SS-254).	Painting #87 / 88-199-CK. Courtesy of the USNHC.
192k	Aft plan view of the S-43 (SS-154) at Bethlehem Shipbuilding in San Francisco on 26 Jan 1944. The Stingray (SS-186) is to the right, Shad (SS-235) is forward of S-43 (SS-154), and *YP-404* is berthed between *Shadand Stingray*.	US Navy photo # 642-44 courtesy of Darryl Baker.
95k	Shad (SS-235), 21 March 1944 off San Francisco Bay after finishing her 6th war patrol and undergoing overhaul.	US Navy photo, courtesy of USNI.
132k	Bow on view of the Shad (SS-235), circa Spring 1944 at San Francisco for overhaul at Bethlehem.	US Navy photo, courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org.
112k	Stern view of the Shad (SS-235), circa Spring 1944 at San Francisco for overhaul at Bethlehem.	US Navy photo, courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org
138k	Broadside view of the Shad (SS-235), circa Spring 1944 at San Francisco for overhaul at Bethlehem.	US Navy photo, courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org.
20k	Shad (SS-235), circa Spring 1944 at Mare Island, CA.	Courtesy of John Hummel.
146k	Shad (SS-235) berthed at the Salem Naval Base Reserve Central Wharf, May 1950.	Photo courtesy of submarinesailor.com. Photo added 10/02/07.
76k	Greenling (SS-213), and Shad (SS-235), at Boston in 1960 awaiting scrapping.	© Richard Leonhardt. Photo I.d. courtesy of Ron Reeves, HTC, USNR (ret.)
42k	Shad (SS-235), at Boston in 1960 awaiting scrapping. In the background are Charles J. Badger (DD-657) and an unidentified CVE	© Richard Leonhardt. Photo I.d. courtesy of Ron Reeves, HTC, USNR (ret.)
107k	Starboard quarter view of the Shad (SS-235), circa 1960 in Boston, before scrapping.	US Navy photo, courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org. Photo I.d. courtesy of Ron Reeves, HTC, USNR (ret.)