reduced manning status on 14 April 1971, the ship was turned over to the Turkish Navy on 1 July 1971 and renamed TCG Uluçalireis (S 338) for the Ottoman admiral Uluç Ali Reis. Decommissioned from the United States Navy on that same date, she was later struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 August 1973. In 2000, after 28 years of service in the Turkish Navy she was taken from active duty. Handed over to the Rahmi M. Koç Museum, she can be visited at her moorings in Golden Horn in Istanbul. References External links navsource.org: USS Thornback History of Turkish Submarines (1948–1972) TCG Uluçalireis Submarine at Rahmi M. Koç Museum Tench-class submarines Ships built in Kittery, Maine 1944 ships World War II submarines of the United States Cold War submarines of the United States Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Turkish Navy Tench-class submarines of the Turkish Navy Museum ships in Turkey Museums in Istanbul