USS Sand Lance (SS-381)

USS Sand Lance (SS-381) running post-repair trials off Oahu, Hawaii, on 15 August 1963
History
United States
NameUSS Sand Lance (SS-381)
NamesakeSand lance
BuilderPortsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down12 March 1943
Launched25 June 1943
Sponsored byMrs. Edith Burrows
Commissioned9 October 1943
Decommissioned14 February 1946
Recommissioned6 April 1963
Decommissioned7 September 1963
Stricken1 September 1972
FateTransferred to Brazil 7 September 1963
Brazil
NameRio Grande do Sul (S-11)
NamesakeRio Grande do Sul
Acquired7 September 1963
Stricken15 September 1972
FateCannibalized for spare parts
General characteristics
Class & typeBalao-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement
  • 1,526 long tons (1,550 t) surfaced
  • 2,391 long tons (2,429 t) submerged
Length311 ft 6 in (94.95 m)
Beam27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum
Propulsion
Speed
  • 20.25 knots (37.50 km/h) surfaced
  • 8.75 knots (16.21 km/h) submerged
Range11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance
  • 48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged
  • 75 days on patrol
Test depth400 feet (120 m)
Complement10 officers, 70–71 enlisted
Armament

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 family Ammodytidae.

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