USS Surprise (PG-63)

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|Ship name=''Surprise'' |Ship namesake= |Ship acquired=24 March 1942 |Ship commissioned=24 March 1942 |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned=20 August 1945 |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship refit= |Ship struck=17 September 1945 |Ship homeport= |Ship identification= Hull number: PG-63 |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honors= |Ship fate=Returned to Royal Navy 26 August 1945

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|Ship name=''Heliotrope'' |Ship acquired=26 August 1945 |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship homeport= |Ship identification= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship captured= |Ship fate=Sold into civilian service, 1947 |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }}

|Ship name=''Linyi'' |Ship namesake=Linyi |Ship acquired=1949 |Ship commissioned=1949 |Ship decommissioned=1972 |Ship homeport= |Ship identification= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship captured= |Ship fate=Scrapped after retirement |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} (normal) * (full load) |Ship length= |Ship beam= |Ship draft= |Ship power= |Ship propulsion=*1 × vertical triple expansion steam engine *2 × boilers *1 × screw |Ship speed= |Ship range= |Ship capacity= |Ship complement=87 officers and enlisted men |Ship sensors= |Ship armament=*1 × gun *1 × gun *2 × anti-aircraft autocannons *1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar *2 × depth charge racks *4 × depth charge projectors |Ship notes= }} |}

'''USS ''Surprise'' (PG-63), the fourth American naval ship of the name, was a patrol gunboat during World War II. She was built as the British corvette HMS ''Heliotrope'', and was in service with the Royal Navy during the first years of the Battle of the Atlantic. She was loaned to and operated by the United States Navy from 1942 to 1945. After World War II, she was sold as a merchant vessel and ended her life in the Chinese navy as ''Lin I'''''. Provided by Wikipedia