USS Brisk
Gunboat of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Flax, a modified Flower-class corvette, was laid down on 28 February 1942 at Kingston, Ontario, Canada, by War Supplies Ltd., for the Royal Navy. Launched on 15 June 1942 it was reallocated to the United States under the so-called "Reverse Lend-Lease" program and renamed and redesignated Brisk (PG-89) on 14 August 1942. Completed on 5 December 1942, the ship was commissioned on 6 December 1942.
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Name | USS Brisk |
Builder | Kingston Shipbuilding, Kingston |
Laid down | as HMS Flax, 28 February 1942 |
Launched | 15 June 1942 |
Acquired | 5 December 1942 |
Commissioned | 6 December 1942 |
Decommissioned | 9 October 1945 |
Identification | Pennant number: K 284 |
Fate | Sold, 18 October 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Action-class patrol boat |
Displacement | 1,375 long tons (1,397 t) |
Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draft | 14 ft 7 in (4.45 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 16.5 kn (19.0 mph; 30.6 km/h) |
Complement | 90 |
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