USS Brill (SS-330)

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USS Brill (SS-330)
USS Brill (SS-330)
Overview
Keel laying September 23, 1943
Launch June 25, 1944
1. Period of service flag
period of service

October 26, 1944-23. May 1948

Whereabouts deleted on May 28, 1948;
sold to Turkey .
Technical specifications
displacement

1526  tons l. surfaced
2424 tn. l. submerged

length

95.0 meters

width

8.3 meters

Draft

5.1 meters (maximum)

Diving depth 120 meters
crew

10 officers ,
70 NCOs and
men ;

drive

4 × 1350 PS diesel engines
(total 5400 PS)
4 × electric motors
(total 2740 PS)

speed

Surfaced 20.25 knots surfaced
8.75 knots

Range

11,000  nautical miles at 10 knots

Armament

10 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
(6 in the bow; 4 in the stern)
2 × 12.7 cm (5 inch) gun
1 × 40 mm Bofors gun
1 × 20 mm Oerlikon - MK
2 × Browning - MGs

Overview
1. Period of service flag
period of service

May 23, 1948-29. November 1972

Whereabouts out of service on November 29, 1972
Technical specifications
Armament

10 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
(6 in the bow; 4 in the stern)
1 deck gun aft

The USS Brill (SS-330) was a submarine of the Balao-class submarine . It was from the Pacific Fleet of the US Navy during World War II in the Pacific against Japan used. The boat was sold to Turkey after the war and served under the name TCG I. İnönü (S 330) in the Turkish Navy from 1948 to 1972.

The boat was the only ship in the US Navy that was named Brill . The name is the English name for the brill (Scophthalmus rhombus), also known as Kleist, a flatfish that is common in shallow waters of the Northwest Atlantic and its tributaries.

Technology and armament

The Brill was a Balao-class diesel-electric patrol submarine. The Balao class was only slightly improved compared to the Gato class and, like those, was designed for long offensive patrols in the Pacific . In particular, the diving depth has been increased and the interior has been improved based on experiences during the war against Japan . Outwardly and in their dimensions, the boats of both classes were largely the same.

technology

The Brill was 95 meters long and 8.3 meters wide, her draft was a maximum of 5.1 meters. When it emerged, it displaced 1526 tn. l., submerged 2424 tn. l. The drive was provided by four 16-cylinder diesel engines from General Motors , model 16-278A, each with an output of 1000 kW (1350 hp). Under water, the submarine was powered by four electric motors with a total of 2740 hp, which obtained their energy from two 126-cell accumulators . The motors gave their power via a gearbox on two shafts with one screw each. The maximum surfaced speed was 20.25 knots , submerged the Brill still managed 8.75 knots. The possible diving time was 48 hours, the maximum construction diving depth was 120 meters. 440 cubic meters of diesel fuel could be stored in the fuel tanks , giving the boat a range of 11,000 nautical miles at 10 knots.

Armament

The main armament of the Brill consisted of ten 533-mm torpedo tubes , six in the bow, four aft, for which 24 torpedoes were on board. A 5-inch deck gun with a length of 25 calibers was mounted behind the turret , which was suitable for combating sea targets as well as for land fire. A 20 mm Oerlikon automatic cannon was housed in the back of the winter garden and a 40 mm anti - aircraft gun in the front . In addition, two to three 12.7 mm machine guns could be mounted in various positions on the ship if necessary and stowed back in the boat after use. For locating enemy ships, the USS possessed Brill a JK / QC - and a QB - sonar under the bow, on deck were JP - hydrophones installed. On extendable electronics mast was a SD - radar with 20 mile range reconnaissance to locate enemy aircraft attached, in addition, the submarine had a SJ -Oberflächensuchradar with about twelve nautical miles range. When submerged, enemy ships could also be located using the ST radar attached to the periscope with a range of eight nautical miles.

After the war, the Brill's artillery armament was apparently not removed, despite modifications made and during its use in the Turkish Navy. This is remarkable as this boat was converted into a "Fleetsnorkel", the simplest variant of modernization, as part of GUPPY at the beginning of the 1950s. In addition to changes internally and on the sail (tower), the guns were also completely removed. Later Turkish photos of the boat show the modifications as well as a cannon aft of the tower.

Mission history

The hull of the submarine with the number SS-330 was on September 23, 1943 at Electric Boat in Groton , Connecticut on down Kiel and ran on 25 June 1944 by stack, with the submarine on the name USS Brill was baptized . Godmother was Mrs. Francis S. Low. The commissioning took place on October 26, 1944. As the first in command of the Brill , Commander HB Dodge took over the command of the new submarine.

Second World War

The Brill left the port of New London on December 7, 1944, the third anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor , with a course via Panama to Hawaii . There she entered the port of Pearl Harbor on January 8th . Between January 28 and August 9, 1945, the Brill completed a total of three enemy voyages in the South China Sea and the Gulf of Siam . Between the patrols she always ran at the port of Fremantle . During their war missions there were few opportunities to attack significant enemy targets. A single enemy ship (approx. 1000 ts) was damaged by hits. Other notable events included the unsuccessful torpedo attack by a Japanese submarine on February 20 off the island of Hainan , a commando operation led by an Australian officer and a Malay agent in late March 1945, and occasional Japanese attacks by air and surface forces.

post war period

After the war, the Brill initially remained in the Pacific and moved together with other submarines from August 31 to September 9 to the Subic Bay base . There she briefly operated mainly in Philippine waters. From there she was ordered to the west coast of the United States in winter, where she entered San Diego on February 12, 1946 . On April 23, the submarine set sail again with a course for Pearl Harbor to undergo some repairs and maintenance after arrival there. From September 12th to November 9th, the Brill undertook a training voyage that took her across the Midway Islands , the Aleutian Islands and Alaska to the Puget Sound and finally back to Hawaii. The boat then moved to San Francisco , where it was fundamentally overhauled, and then first moved through the Panama Canal to New England. On March 16, the Brill reached New London and was handed over to the Turkish Navy a week later.

TCG I. İnönü (S 330)

Under an agreement between the United States and Turkey , the Turkish armed forces received American arms supplies, including some submarines. One of the first submarines to go into the Turkish Navy was the USS Brill . She was used by Turkey as TCG I. İnönü (S-330). From 1952 to 1953 she was modernized and converted into a Fleet Snorkel submarine. However, she apparently kept the aft deck gun, which can still be seen on later photos of the boat. The submarine remained in service with the Turkish Navy until August 11, 1976.

Awards

The Brill was awarded a Battle Star for a war patrol .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Norman Friedman: US Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History . United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland 1995, ISBN 1-55750-263-3 , pp. 285-304.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i K. Jack Bauer, Roberts, Stephen S .: Register of Ships of the US Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants . Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut 1991, ISBN 0-313-26202-0 , pp. 275-280.
  3. ↑ USS Brill on fleetsubmarine.com
  4. ↑ a b c d e U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305-311
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i USS Brill in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .
  6. ↑ a b c d Submarines of the Turkish Navy (Turkish)
  7. ↑ The Balao class at fleetsubmarine.com