The USS Brill (DE-702/APD-46) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort that served in the United States Navy during World War II. Commissioned in 1943, the ship was named after Lieutenant (junior grade) John Brill, a naval aviator killed in World War I. The USS Brill participated in convoy escort duties in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, as well as in the Pacific theater. It also played a role in the D-Day invasion of Normandy in June 1944. After the war, the ship was decommissioned in 1946 and transferred to the United States Coast Guard in 1951, where it was reclassified as a high-endurance cutter and designated WDE-429. The ship was eventually sold for scrapping in 1967. The USS Brill received several awards for its service during World War II, including the American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, and World War II Victory Medal.

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