Brill
Country | United States |
Ship Class | Balao-class Submarine |
Hull Number | SS-330 |
Builder | Electric Boat Company |
Laid Down | 23 Sep 1943 |
Launched | 25 Jun 1944 |
Commissioned | 26 Oct 1944 |
Decommissioned | 23 May 1948 |
Displacement | 1,550 tons standard; 2,463 tons submerged |
Length | 312 feet |
Beam | 27 feet |
Draft | 17 feet |
Machinery | Four GM Model 16-278A V16 diesel engines (5,400shp), four high-speed General Electric electric motors (2,740shp), two 126-cell Sargo batteries, two propellers |
Speed | 20 knots |
Range | 11,000nm at 10 knots surfaced, 48 hours at 2 knots submerged |
Crew | 81 |
Armament | 6x533mm forward torpedo tubes, 4x533mm aft torpedo tubes, 24 torpedoes, 1x127mm gun, 1x40mm Bofors gun, 1x20mm Oerlikon cannon, 2x .50cal machine guns |
Submerged Speed | 8.75 knots |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseSubmarine USS Brill was commissioned into service in late 1944. She conducted three war patrols during the Pacific War and had one confirmed sinking. After the war, she was transferred to Turkey; operating under the new name InönĂ¼, she remained in Turkish service until 1972.
ww2dbaseSource: Wikipedia
Last Major Revision: Mar 2013
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23 Sep 1943 | The keel of submarine Brill was laid down by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut, United States. |
25 Jun 1944 | Submarine Brill was launched at Groton, Connecticut, United States, sponsored by the wife of Rear Admiral Francis Low. |
26 Oct 1944 | USS Brill was commissioned into service with Commander H. B. Dodge in command. |
7 Dec 1944 | USS Brill departed New London, Connecticut, United States. |
8 Jan 1945 | USS Brill arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. |
28 Jan 1945 | USS Brill departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol. |
11 Jul 1945 | USS Brill damaged a Japanese transport in the Gulf of Thailand, hitting her with 1 of 11 torpedoes fired. |
19 Jul 1945 | USS Brill fired four torpedoes at a Japanese destroyer in the Gulf of Thailand; all torpedoes missed. |
31 Aug 1945 | USS Brill departed Fremantle, Australia. |
9 Sep 1945 | USS Brill arrived at Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippine Islands. |
12 Feb 1946 | USS Brill arrived at San Diego, California, United States. |
23 Apr 1946 | USS Brill departed San Diego, California, United States. |
1 May 1946 | USS Brill began a period of repair at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii. |
12 Sep 1946 | USS Brill departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. |
9 Nov 1946 | USS Brill arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. |
4 Sep 1947 | USS Brill departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. |
29 Sep 1947 | USS Brill began a scheduled overhaul at San Francisco Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, California, United States. |
24 Feb 1948 | USS Brill departed San Francisco, California, United States. |
16 Mar 1948 | USS Brill arrived at New London, Connecticut, United States. |
23 May 1948 | USS Brill was decommissioned from service and was transferred to Turkey, which commissioned her as submarine InönĂ¼. |
28 May 1948 | Submarine Brill, now Turkish submarine InönĂ¼, was struck from the US naval register. |
29 Nov 1972 | Submarine InönĂ¼ was decommissioned from service. |
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