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PG-97 Surprise

Left patch courtesy of the Patrol Gunboat Association / Right patch courtesy of Mike Smolinski


Surprise served the Navies of the United States and Turkey.

Tacoma Class Gunboat; Laid down, 24 May 1968 at Peterson Builders Inc., Sturgeon Bay, Wisc; Launched, 7 December 1968; Commissioned USS Surprise (PG-97), 1 October 1969; ; Decommissioned, 25 February 1973 at Izmir, Turkey and transferred to the Turkish Navy; Renamed Bora (P 339) ; Struck from the Naval Register, 8 August 1987. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 250 t.; Length 165'; Beam 24'; Speed 40k; Armament one 3"/50 gun mount, one 40mm gun mount, two twin .50 cal. machine guns; Propulsion, diesel, two shafts.


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Tacoma 139k - Patrol Gunboat Association
Terry W. McManuels, ETCM(SW), Ret.

View the Surprise (PG-97) Unofficial History entry located on the Patrol Gunboat Association Web Site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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