&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:USSSharkModel.jpg) Model of Shark at the U.S. Navy Museum
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Shark |
| Namesake | Shark |
| Builder | Washington Navy Yard |
| Cost | $23,627.00 USD in 1821 |
| Launched | 17 May 1821 |
| Fate | wrecked 1846 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 198 t (195 long tons; 218 short tons) |
| Length | 86 ft (26 m) |
| Beam | 24 ft 7 in (7.49 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft 4 in (3.15 m) |
| Speed | 8 kn (15 km/h; 9 mph) |
| Complement | 70 officers and men |
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The USS Shark was a schooner in the United States Navy from 1821 until it sank crossing the Columbia Bar in 1846.