Eugene Thomas Sands, USN
| Born | 27 Feb 1907 | Atlanta, Ga. or Richmond, VA., USA | |
| Died | 29 Dec 1987 | (80) | Vienna, Fairfax, Virginia, USA |
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Warship Commands listed for Eugene Thomas Sands, USN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| USS Sawfish (276) | Lt.Cdr. | Submarine | 26 Aug 1942 | 19 Dec 1943 |
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Submarine USS Sawfish (276)
21 Jan 1943
USS Sawfish (Lt.Cdr. E.T. Sands) arrives at Pearl Harbor from the US east coast.
31 Jan 1943
USS Sawfish (Lt.Cdr. E.T. Sands) departs Pearl Harbor for her 1st war patrol. She is ordered to patrol south of Japan.
17 Feb 1943
USS Sawfish (Lt.Cdr. E.T. Sands) mistakenly torpedoes and sinks the Russian merchants Ilmen (2369 GRT) and Kola (4994 GRT) off the east coast of Kyushu, Japan in position 30º56'N, 135º30'E.
21 Feb 1943
USS Sawfish (Lt.Cdr. E.T. Sands) torpedoes and damages the Japanese fleet oiler Ose (7986 GRT, former Dutch Genota captured on 9 May 1942 about 500 nautical miles east of Madagascar by the Japanese merchant cruisers Hokoku Maru and Aikoku Maru) off Oagari Jima, Japan in position 29º29'N, 132º48'E.
6 Mar 1943
USS Sawfish (Lt.Cdr. E.T. Sands) torpedoes and damages the Japanese army cargo ship Clyde Maru (5497 GRT) south-east of Toizaki, Japan in position 31º04'N, 131º48'E.
20 Mar 1943
USS Sawfish (Lt.Cdr. E.T. Sands) sinks the Japanese guardboat Shinsei Maru (138 GRT) with gunfire in the North Pacific Ocean in position 32º55'N, 152º11'E.
25 Mar 1943
USS Sawfish (Lt.Cdr. E.T. Sands) ends her 1st war patrol at Midway.
15 Apr 1943
USS Sawfish (Lt.Cdr. E.T. Sands) departs Midway for her 2nd war patrol. She is ordered to patrol off Honshu in Japanese home waters.
5 May 1943
USS Sawfish (Lt.Cdr. E.T. Sands) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese auxiliary gunboat Hakkai Maru (2921 GRT) off Ise-Wan, Honshu, Japan in position 34º11'N, 137º41'E.
6 Jun 1943
USS Sawfish (Lt.Cdr. E.T. Sands) ends her 2nd war patrol at Pearl Harbor.
30 Jun 1943
USS Sawfish (Lt.Cdr. E.T. Sands) departs Pearl Harbor for her 3rd war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the East China Sea.
22 Jul 1943
USS Sawfish (Lt.Cdr. E.T. Sands) torpedoes and damages the Japanese ammunition ship Seia Maru (6659 GRT) in the East China Sea in position 30º54'N, 125º15'E.
27 Jul 1943
USS Sawfish (Lt.Cdr. E.T. Sands) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese minelayer Hirashima (720 tons) off Kyusyu, Japan in position 32º32'N, 127º41'E.
10 Aug 1943
USS Sawfish (Lt.Cdr. E.T. Sands) ends her 3rd war patrol at Pearl Harbor.
10 Sep 1943
USS Sawfish (Lt.Cdr. E.T. Sands) departs Pearl Harbor for her 4th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the northern part of the Sea of Japan and in the Sea of Okhotsk.
16 Oct 1943
USS Sawfish (Lt.Cdr. E.T. Sands) ends her 4th war patrol at Midway.
1 Nov 1943
USS Sawfish (Cdr. E.T. Sands) departs Midway for her 5th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol off the Bonin Islands.
8 Dec 1943
USS Sawfish (Cdr. E.T. Sands) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese troop transport Sansei Maru (3266 GRT) southwest of Chichi Jima in position 25º19'N, 141º44'E.
19 Dec 1943
USS Sawfish (Cdr. E.T. Sands) ends her 5th war patrol at Midway. She is now sent to the Hunters Point Navy Yard for a major overhaul.