She was the only U.S. Navy ship named for the surfbird.

Surfbird arrived at Long Beach, California on 3 July.

The genus Calidris sensu stricto contains the knots and the surfbird.

These included the first clutches ever collected of Spoon-billed Sandpiper and Surfbird.

These receptors are housed in a slight horny swelling at the tip of the bill (except for the Surfbird and the two turnstones).

Surfbird sailed from Shanghai on 17 November for Sasebo Japan to be repaired.

The Surfbird (Aphriza virgata) is a small stocky wader in the family Scolopacidae.

A 2004 study found that the genus was polyphyletic, and that the closest relative of the two knot species is the Surfbird (currently Aphriza virgata).

Surfbird departed Lorain on 26 November en route to Boston, Massachusetts via Montreal, Quebec and Halifax.

The Panama Canal was transited on 27 April, and Surfbird arrived at San Diego, California on 6 May.

On 25 May Surfbird arrived at Inchon to make magnetic-acoustic sweeps of Yong Do and Cho Do.

Surfbird arrived at Pearl Harbor and on 26 May departed there for Okinawa Retto, via Eniwetok, Guam and Ulithi.

On 6 August, Surfbird (ADG-383) relieved the destroyer escort on station and allowed Vance to sail again via the Philippines for Pearl Harbor.

Surfbird received three Battle Stars for service in World War II, two for Korean War service, and eight for service during the Vietnam War.

The Surfbird is still floating, Her name is Helenka B and she is owned and captained by Capt. Bruce Flanigan and operates out of Homer, Aka.

Until April 1965, Surfbird operated from Sasebo, but her operations covered much of the western Pacific as she also degaussed ships of the allied sea services of Japan, Korea, the Republic of China, the Philippines, and South Vietnam.