USS Surprise
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USS Surprise may refer to:
- Surprise (1777)Surprise (1777)Surprise, the first American naval ship of the name, was a sloop purchased by the Continental Navy in 1777 and commanded by Captain Benjamin Dunn....
was a sloopSloopA sloop is a sail boat with a fore-and-aft rig and a single mast farther forward than the mast of a cutter....
of the Continental Navy purchased in 1777. - USS Surprise was a brigBrigA brig is a sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts. During the Age of Sail, brigs were seen as fast and manoeuvrable and were used as both naval warships and merchant vessels. They were especially popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries...
built in 1814 and renamed USS EagleUSS Eagle (1814)The third USS Eagle, a brig, was launched 11 August 1814 as Surprise at Vergennes, Vermont, by Adam and Noah Brown. She was renamed Eagle 6 September and placed under the command of Lieutenant R. Henley....
later that year was a ketchKetchA ketch is a sailing craft with two masts: a main mast, and a shorter mizzen mast abaft of the main mast, but forward of the rudder post. Both masts are rigged mainly fore-and-aft. From one to three jibs may be carried forward of the main mast when going to windward...
purchased in 1815 that served until 1820 was a patrol gunboatGunboatA gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.-History:...
purchased from the British Royal Navy in 1942 and decommissioned in 1945 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