Ship Info
Classification
US Navy Official Photo
Type:
Submarine
Class:
SS 285
Builder:
Portsmouth Navy Yard
UIC (Unit Id Code):
Characteristics
Length:
312
feet
Beam:
27
feet
Displacement:
2391
tons
# Officers:
10
# Enlisted:
71
Propulsion:
Diesel - Electric
# Propellers:
2
Service
Launched:
6/25/1943
Commissioned:
10/9/1943
Decommissioned:
9/7/1963
NavSource.org
Crew Lists
# Crew listed:
74
# Commission Crew:
5
# Decommission Crew:
4
# with e-mail:
14
# Eternal Patrol:
51
History
Status
: Sold
Fate
: Brazil returned ex-Sand Lance (at least on paper), and promptly purchased it back for US $55,000 on 12 October. Upon that purchase, Sand Lance was struck from the Naval Register.
Reunion / Association
Contact
:
Website
