&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:USS_Surprise_(PG-97)_on_trials_1969.jpg) USS Surprise (PG-97) on trials in 1969
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Surprise |
| Builder | Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
| Laid down | 24 May 1968 |
| Launched | 7 December 1968 |
| Commissioned | 17 October 1969 |
| Decommissioned | 28 February 1973 |
| Identification | Hull number PG-97 |
| Fate |
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| Notes | Served in Turkish Navy as TCG Bora 1973–2000 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol gunboat |
| Displacement | 247 tons full |
| Length | 165 ft 0 in (50.29 m) |
| Beam | 24 ft 0 in (7.32 m) |
| Draft | 5 ft 0 in (1.52 m) |
| Propulsion | Geared Diesel engines for cruising; gas turbines for high speeds |
| Speed | 37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph) |
| Complement | 24 officers and enlisted men |
| Armament |
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The fourth USS Surprise and fifth American naval ship of the name was an Asheville-class patrol gunboat that served in the United States Navy from 1969 to 1973.