Surprise was the name of one ship of the American Continental Navy and USS Surprise was the name of four ships of the United States Navy:

Continental Navy

• The first Surprise was a sloop of the Continental Navy purchased in 1777.

United States Navy

• The first USS Surprise and second American naval ship of the name was a brig built in 1814 and renamed USS Eagle later that year.
• The second USS Surprise and third American naval ship of the name was a ketch purchased in 1815 that served until 1820.
• The third USS Surprise (PG-63) and fourth American naval ship of the name was a patrol gunboat purchased from the British Royal Navy in 1942 and decommissioned in 1945.
• The fourth USS Surprise (PG-97) and fifth American naval ship of the name was a patrol gunboat commissioned in 1969, decommissioned in 1973, and loaned to the Turkish Navy in 1973, where she served as Bora until 2000.

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