2,750 ihp (2,051 kW) Canadian Vickers vertical triple expansion engine
1 shaft
Speed
16.5 kn (19.0 mph; 30.6 km/h)
Complement
90
Armament
2 × 3"/50 dual-purpose gun mounts
2 × 20 mm gun mounts
2 × depth charge tracks
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.
January 1943, Brisk headed for Boston in company with Might by way of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Upon her arrival at the Boston Navy Yard, Brisk underwent repairs...
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