| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | Balao |
| Pennant | 381 |
| Built by | Portsmouth Navy Yard (Kittery, Maine, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 12 Mar 1943 |
| Launched | 25 Jun 1943 |
| Commissioned | 9 Oct 1943 |
| End service | 14 Feb 1946 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned 14 February 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Sand Lance (381)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Malcolm Everett Garrison, USN | 9 Oct 1943 | Jun 45 ? |
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Noteable events involving Sand Lance include:
18 Dec 1943
USS Sand Lance (Lt Cmdr Malcolm Everett Garrison) departs New London bound for Pearl Harbour.
17 Jan 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) arrives at Pearl Harbour.
8 Feb 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) departs Pearl Harbour for her 1st war patrol. She is ordered to patrol off the Kuril Islands.
28 Feb 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese troop transport Kaiko Maru (3548 GRT) east of Musashi Wan, Paramushiro, Kuril Islands in position 50º20'N, 155º26'E.
Sand Lance herself is damaged when she runs aground off Paramushiro. Also her attack periscope is damaged by drift ice. (see map)
3 Mar 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese troop transport Akashisan Maru (4541 GRT) west of Uruppu, Japan in position 46º00'N, 149º10'E.
Later that same day Lt.Cdr. Garrison accidentally torpedoes and sinks the Soviet cargo ship Belorussia (2900 GRT) in position 46º28'N, 149º18'E. (see map)
13 Mar 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) torpedoes and sinks 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 32º52'N, 139º12'E. (see map)
23 Mar 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) ends her 1st war patrol at Pearl Harbour. In late April she departs for her 2nd war patrol, in the Mariana Islands area.
3 May 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese troop transport Kenan Maru (3129 GRT) about 15 nautical miles north-west of Saipan in position 15º20'N, 145º34'E. (see map)
11 May 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese troop transport Mitakesan Maru (4441 GRT) off Tinian in position 14º57'N, 145º15'E. (see map)
14 May 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Koho Maru (4291 GRT) southwest of Apra harbor, Guam in position 13º43'N, 144º42'E. (see map)
17 May 1944
While operationg about 60 nautical miles west of Saipan USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese troop transport Taikoku Maru (2633 GRT) in position 14º57'N, 144º47'E and the Japanese army cargo ship Fukko Maru (3834 GRT) in position 14º49'N, 142º23'E. (see map)
5 Jun 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) ends her 2nd war patrol at Fremantle, Australia.
3 Jul 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) departs Fremantle for her 3rd war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the Molucca and Celebes Seas.
14 Jul 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese auxiliary gunboat Taiko Maru (2984 GRT) in the Banda Sea east of Salajar, in position 05º56'S, 121º34'E. (see map)
1 Aug 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) torpedoes and damages the Japanese munition 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 01º18'N, 121º30'E. She is forced to abandon her patrol. (see map)
19 Aug 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) ends her 3rd war patrol at Fremantle.
10 Sep 1944
USS Sand Lance (Lt.Cdr. M.E. Garrison) departs 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) arrives at the Mare Island Navy Yard.
13 Mar 1945
With her repairs and overhaul completed USS Sand Lance (Cdr. M.E. Garrison) departs the Mare Island Navy Yard bound for Pearl Harbour.
10 Apr 1945
USS Sand Lance (Cdr. M.E. Garrison) departs Pearl Harbour for her 4th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in Japanese home waters off Honshu and Hokkaido.
14 May 1945
USS Sand Lance (Cdr. M.E. Garrison) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese auxiliary minesweeper Yoshino Maru (220 GRT) off Erimosaki, Hokkaido, Japan in position 32º00'N, 146º36'E. (see map)
6 Jun 1945
USS Sand Lance (Cdr. M.E. Garrison) ends her 4th war patrol at Midway. Early June USS Sand Lance departs Midway for her 5th war patrol.