USS Sand Lance (SS-381) 

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Classification

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Type:  Submarine
Class:  SS 285
Builder:  Portsmouth Navy Yard
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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

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Crew Lists
# Crew listed:  174
# Commission Crew:  71
# Decommission Crew:  12
# with e-mail:  19
# Eternal Patrol:  71
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.
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