| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | Gato |
| Pennant | 276 |
| Built by | Portsmouth Navy Yard (Kittery, Maine, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 20 Jan 1942 |
| Launched | 23 Jun 1942 |
| Commissioned | 26 Aug 1942 |
| End service | 1 Apr 1960 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned 26 June 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Sawfish (276)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Eugene Thomas Sands, USN | 26 Aug 1942 | 19 Dec 1943 | |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Alan Boyd Banister, USN | 8 Apr 1944 | 8 Nov 1944 | |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Douglas Haig Pugh, USN | 17 Dec 1944 | 1 May 1945 | |
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Noteable events involving Sawfish include:
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. (see map)
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. (see map)
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. (see map)
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. (see map)
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.
(see map)
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. (see map)
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. (see map)
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. (see map)
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.
8 Apr 1944
With her overhaul completed USS Sawfish (Lt.Cdr. A.B. Banister) departs Pearl Harbor for her 6th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in Japanese home waters.
26 May 1944
USS Sawfish (Lt.Cdr. A.B. Banister) ends her 6th war patrol at Majuro.
22 Jun 1944
USS Sawfish (Cdr. A.B. Banister) departs Majuro for her 7th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in Luzon Strait.
26 Jul 1944
USS Sawfish (Cdr. A.B. Banister) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese submarine I-29 (2198 tons, offsite link) in Balintang Channel, Luzon Strait in position 20º10'N, 121º55'E. (see map)
15 Aug 1944
USS Sawfish (Cdr. A.B. Banister) ends her 7th war patrol at Pearl Harbor.
9 Sep 1944
USS Sawfish (Cdr. A.B. Banister) departs Pearl Harbor for her 8th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol south of Formosa.
6 Oct 1944
USS Sawfish (Cdr. A.B. Banister) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese merchant tanker Tachibana Maru (6521 GRT) in the South China Sea in position at 19º33'N, 116º38'E. (see map)
23 Oct 1944
USS Sawfish (Cdr. A.B. Banister) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese seaplane carrier Kimikawa Maru (6863 GRT, offsite link) in the South China Sea west of Luzon, Philippines in position 18º58'N, 118º31'E.
(see map)
8 Nov 1944
USS Sawfish (Cdr. A.B. Banister) ends her 8th war patrol at Majuro.
17 Dec 1944
USS Sawfish (Lt.Cdr. D.H. Pugh) departs Majuro for her 9th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol off Formosa.
4 Feb 1945
USS Sawfish (Lt.Cdr. D.H. Pugh) ends her 9th war patrol at Guam.
10 Mar 1945
USS Sawfish (Lt.Cdr. D.H. Pugh) departs Guam for her 10th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol off the Ryukyu Islands.
26 Apr 1945
USS Sawfish (Lt.Cdr. D.H. Pugh) ends her 10th war patrol at Pearl Harbor. She is now sent to San Francisco for a major overhaul at the Bethlehem Steel Company.
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