Photo. www.navsource.org By Robert Hurst
Specifications:
Displacement 1,118 t.
Length 205' 2".
Beam 33'.
Draft 14' 7".
Speed 16.5 kts.
Complement 87.
Armament one 4"/50 gun mount, one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two 20mm guns, two dct and four dcp.
Propulsion two 225psi Scotch boilers, one 2,750iph Northeastern Marine Engine Co. verticle triple expansion engine, one shaft.
One of a group of corvettes transferred to the U.S. Navy under reverse Lend-Lease, Surprise sailed from