She arrived at Pearl Harbor on June 8, 1944, and headed out for her first war patrol. She sailed with the submarine USS Tang and glanced off a whale on June 15. On 23 June she undertook her first attack which was unsuccessful and also underwent her first depth charge attack.
The two subs were joined by a third, the USS Tinosa. On 28 June, the Sealion caught and sank the Japanese naval transport Sansei Maru. On July 26, the Sealion attacked a two ship convoy and sank one, but was attacked by the Japanese destroyer escorting but escaped unscathed.
On 11 July, she sank two freighters.
Having fired her last torpedo, she went to Midway and was refitted for her second war patrol.
--GreGen
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