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BORA (P-339) class

Country of Origin: Turkey

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 0 COASTAL PATROL CRAFT (PC) (ex-U.S. ASHEVILLE class)

 Name      Pendant     Launched         Commissioned      Status
 BORA      P-339       Nov. 15, 1968    Sept. 24, 1969    Stricken
   (ex-USS SURPRISE, PG-97)

description

This gunboat was one of two former U.S. ASHEVILLE (PG -84)-class gunboats transferred to Turkey on Feb. 28, 1973, after service in the U.S. Navy. She was ultimately purchased from the U.S. Navy on Aug. 6, 1987.

status

BORA was stricken in Nov. 2000 for disposal. A...

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