| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | Balao |
| Pennant | 381 |
| Built by | Portsmouth Navy Yard (Kittery, Maine, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 8 Jun 1942 |
| Laid down | 12 Mar 1943 |
| Launched | 25 Jun 1943 |
| Commissioned | 9 Oct 1943 |
| End service | 14 Feb 1946 |
| History | Decommissioned 14 February 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Sand Lance (381)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Cdr. Malcolm Everett Garrison, USN | 9 Oct 1943 | 21 Jun 1945 |
| 2 | James Gordon Glaes, USN | 21 Jun 1945 | 30 Aug 1945 |
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Notable events involving Sand Lance include:
1 Dec 1943
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison, USN) arrived at Newport, Rhode Island to conduct her torpedo trials.
4 Dec 1943
Having completed her torpedo trials, USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison, USN), arrived at New London, Connectcut from Newport, Rhode Island.
18 Dec 1943
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison, USN) departed New London, Connecticut for the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
19 Dec 1943
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison, USN) arrived at the Philadelphia Navy Yard from New London, Connecticut.
22 Dec 1943
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison, USN) departed the Philadelphia Navy Yard for the Panama Canal Zone.
28 Dec 1943
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison, USN) arrived in the Panama Canal Zone from New London, Connecticut.
17 Jan 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) arrived at Pearl Harbor.
8 Feb 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) departed from Pearl Harbor for her 1st war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off the Kuril Islands.
28 Feb 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) torpedoed and sank the Japanese troop transport Kaiko Maru (3548 GRT) east of Musashi Wan, Paramushiro, Kuril Islands in position 50°20'N, 155°26'E.
Sand Lance herself is damaged when she runs aground off Paramushiro. Also her attack periscope is damaged by drift ice.
3 Mar 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) torpedoed and sank the Japanese troop transport Akashisan Maru (4541 GRT) west of Uruppu, Japan in position 46°00'N, 149°10'E.
Later that same day Lt.Cdr. Garrison accidentally torpedoed and sank the Soviet cargo ship Belorussia (2900 GRT) in position 46°28'N, 149°18'E.
13 Mar 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) torpedoed and sank the Japanese light cruiser Tatsuta (3230 tons, offsite link) and the Japanese army cargo ship Kokuyo Maru (4667 GRT) about 150 nautical miles south-south-west of Yokosuka, Japan in position 32°52'N, 139°12'E.
23 Mar 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) ended her 1st war patrol at Pearl Harbor. In late April she departed from for her 2nd war patrol, in the Mariana Islands area.
3 May 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) torpedoed and sank the Japanese troop transport Kenan Maru (3129 GRT) about 15 nautical miles north-west of Saipan in position 15°20'N, 145°34'E.
11 May 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) torpedoed and sank the Japanese troop transport Mitakesan Maru (4441 GRT) off Tinian in position 14°57'N, 145°15'E.
14 May 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) torpedoed and sank the Japanese army cargo ship Koho Maru (4291 GRT) southwest of Apra harbour, Guam in position 13°43'N, 144°42'E.
17 May 1944
While operating about 60 nautical miles west of Saipan USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) torpedoed and sank the Japanese troop transport Taikoku Maru (2633 GRT) in position 14°57'N, 144°47'E and the Japanese army cargo ship Fukko Maru (3834 GRT) in position 14°49'N, 142°23'E.
5 Jun 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) ended her 2nd war patrol at Fremantle, Australia.
29 Jun 1944
HMAS Adelaide (A/Capt. J.C.D. Esdaile, OBE, RAN), HMAS Horsham (T/A/Lt.Cdr. W.H. Newby, RANR(S)) and USS Isabel (Lt. E.G. Zacher, USNR) conducted exercises off Fremantle with the submarines USS Lapon (T/Cdr. L.T. Stone, USN), USS Cabrilla (T/Cdr. W.C. Thompson, Jr., USN) and USS Sand Lance (T/Cdr. M.E. Garrison, USN).
3 Jul 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) departed from Fremantle for her 3rd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the Molucca and Celebes Seas.
14 Jul 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) torpedoed and sank the Japanese auxiliary gunboat Taiko Maru (2984 GRT) in the Banda Sea east of Salajar, in position 05°56'S, 121°34'E.
1 Aug 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) torpedoed and damaged the Japanese munitions ship Seia Maru (6659 GRT) south of Lombok, Netherlands East Indies.
7 Aug 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) is damaged by bombs from a Japanese aircraft off northern Celebes, Netherlands East Indies in position 01°18'N, 121°30'E. She is forced to abandon her patrol.
19 Aug 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) ended her 3rd war patrol at Fremantle.
10 Sep 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) departed from Fremantle bound for the Mare Island Navy Yard for damage repairs and a major overhaul.
1 Nov 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) arrived at the Mare Island Navy Yard.
13 Mar 1945
With her repairs and overhaul completed USS Sand Lance (Cdr. M.E. Garrison) departed from the Mare Island Navy Yard bound for Pearl Harbor.
10 Apr 1945
USS Sand Lance (Cdr. M.E. Garrison) departed from Pearl Harbor for her 4th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in Japanese home waters off Honshu and Hokkaido.
14 May 1945
USS Sand Lance (Cdr. M.E. Garrison) torpedoed and sank the Japanese auxiliary minesweeper Yoshino Maru (220 GRT) off Erimosaki, Hokkaido, Japan in position 32°00'N, 146°36'E.
6 Jun 1945
USS Sand Lance (Cdr. M.E. Garrison) ended her 4th war patrol at Midway. Early June USS Sand Lance departed from Midway for her 5th war patrol.
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