USS Brill
1944 Balao-class submarine
USS Brill (SS-330), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy in commission from 1944 to 1947. She was named for the brill.
Brill was commissioned late in World War II, and her war operations extended from 28 January to 9 August 1945. She completed three war patrols in the South China Sea and the Gulf of Siam. Brill made few contacts worthy of torpedo fire and consequently had to settle for damaging an unidentified ship of approximately 1,000 gross register tons as her only score.
Decommissioned soon after World War II, Brill was transferred to Turkey. She served in the Turkish Navy as TCG Birinci İnönü (S330) from 1948 to 1972.
Construction and commissioning
Brill was laid down on 23 September 1943 at Groton, Connecticut, by the Electric Boat Company. She was launched on 25 June 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Francis S. Low, wife of the admiral, and commissioned on 26 October 1944, with Commander Harry B. Dodge in command.
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