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![]() USS Thorn on July 1984, Cartagena, Colombia.
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Name | Thorn |
Namesake | Jonathan Thorn |
Ordered | 15 January 1975 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 29 August 1977 |
Launched | 3 February 1979 |
Acquired | 21 January 1980 |
Commissioned | 16 February 1980 |
Decommissioned | 25 August 2004 |
Stricken | 25 August 2004 |
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Motto | Sharply Perseverant |
Fate | Sunk as target, 22 July 2006 |
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Class and type | Spruance-class destroyer |
Displacement | 8,040 (long) tons full load |
Length | 529 ft (161 m) waterline; 563 ft (172 m) overall |
Beam | 55 ft (16.8 m) |
Draft | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp (60 MW) |
Speed | 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
Range |
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Complement | 19 officers, 315 enlisted |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters. |
Aviation facilities | Flight deck and enclosed hangar for up to two medium-lift helicopters |
USS Thorn (DD-988), a Spruance-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant Jonathan Thorn (1779–1811), who took part in Decatur's expedition to destroy the captured frigate Philadelphia in 1804.[1]
Construction and career
Thorn was laid down on 29 August 1977 by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss.; launched on 22 November 1978 (Thorn was christened on 3 February 1979 by Mrs. Patricia Ansley); and commissioned on 16 February 1980.[2]
Thorn was decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on 25 August 2004.
Thorn was sunk as a test/target at 08:50 on 22 July 2006 off the United States East Coast.
Gallery
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USS Thorn in the 1980s
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USS Thorn and USS William V. Pratt in the Atlantic Ocean in 1981
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USS Thorn on 1 October 1984
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USS Thorn in the Atlantic Ocean on 5 September 2003
References
- ^ "USS Thorn (DD-988) (+2006)". Wrecksite.eu.
- ^ "Thorn (DD 988)". Naval Vessel Register. August 7, 2006.
External links
- Photo gallery of USS Thorn at NavSource Naval History
- "USS Thorn (DD 988)". navysite.de.
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