USS Sea Fox: Shipwreck Map, Location & Facts

USS Sea Fox

Image: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Marker: recorded wreck position (Date not recorded).

Key facts

Name	USS Sea Fox	Wikidata label
Ship type	attack submarine	Wikidata P31 instance of
Nationality / flag	Turkey, United States	Wikidata P137 operator → P17 country
Operator	Turkish Naval Forces, United States Navy	Wikidata P137 operator
Conflict	World War II	Wikidata P607 conflict
Sea / ocean	East China Sea	Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon
Nearest coast	Kyushu	Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 52 km from land
Position	31.1667, 129.6830	Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0)

About the wreck

USS Sea Fox (SS-402), a Balao-class submarine, was a vessel of the United States Navy named for the sea fox, a large shark, also called the thresher shark, which frequents the coast of Europe and the Americas.

Sea Fox was laid down on 2 November 1943 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine; launched on 28 March 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Robert N. Robertson, widow of Lieutenant Robert N. Robertson, who survived the sinking of USS Squalus only to be lost during the war as executive officer of USS Argonaut. The submarine was commissioned on 13 June 1944.

Location

Recorded position: 31.1667, 129.6830 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
Sea / ocean: East China Sea
Nearest coast: Kyushu

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