USS Sand Lance (SS-381) [SEP] vessel class
USS Sand Lance (SS-381)
USS "Sand Lance" (SS-381), a "Balao"-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sand lance, a member of the "ammodytidae" family. Her keel was laid down on 12 March 1943 by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 25 June 1943 sponsored by Mrs. Edith Burrows, and commissioned on 9 October 1943 at Portsmouth, with Commander Malcolm Everett Garrison in command.
"Sand Lance
USS Sand Lance
Two submarines of the United States Navy have been named USS "Sand Lance" for the sand lance.
- The first USS "Sand Lance" (SS-381), a "Balao"-class submarine, served during World War II, then was loaned to Brazil, becoming Brazilian submarine "Rio Grande do Sul" (S-11).
- The second USS "Sand Lance" (SSN-660), a "Sturgeon"-class submarine, commissioned 1971, decommissioned 1998.