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Brisk (PG 89)
ex-HMS Flak (K 284)



Brisk call sign:
November - Golf - Delta - Bravo

British Flower Class Corvette/Action Class Patrol Gunboat: Laid down as HMS Flax (K 284) by Kingston Shipbuilding, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; Launched 15 June 1942; Acquired by the Navy 5 December 1942; Commissioned USS Brisk (PG-89), 6 December 1942; Decommissioned 9 October 1945, and placed in reserve at Charleston, SC; Transferred to the Maritime Commission 18 October 1946 and sold. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 900 t; Length 205'; Beam 33'; Draft 14' 7"; Speed 16.5k; Complement 90; Armament two 3"/50 gun mounts.


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