The breeding behavior of the surfbird is poorly known. She was the only U.S. Navy ship named for the surfbird. USS "Surfbird" (AM-383) was an built during World War II for the United States Navy. "Surfbird" was notified that she was to be inactivated. "Surfbird" arrived at Long Beach, California on 3 July. "Surfbird" sailed from Shanghai on 17 November for Sasebo Japan to be repaired. Indeed, the great knot looks very much like a larger, longer-billed, and somewhat darker surfbird. The surfbird ("Calidris virgata") is a small stocky wader in the family Scolopacidae. The surfbird is a large sandpiper, reminiscent of the turnstones or the great knot. "Surfbird" stood out of Subic Bay on 11 April 1965 en route to Vietnam.