| Date of attack: | February 1st 1958 |
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| Location: | Water Island, US Virgin Islands |
| Shark species: | 1.5 m [5'] nurse shark |
| Name of victim: | U.S. Navy U.D.T. Diver trainee, Ronald Gerringer |
| Age of victim: | 18 years old |
| Sex of victim: | M |
| Activity: | Spearfishing on Scuba |
| Injury: | Chest bitten by speared shark PROVOKED INCIDENT |