USS Thorn (DD-988)

	USS Thorn on 1 January 1984
History
United States
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
Identification	Callsign: NOPQ; ; Hull number: DD-988;
Motto	Sharply Perseverant
Fate	Sunk as target, 22 July 2006
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General characteristics
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 × gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp (60 MW)
Speed	32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Range	6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph); 3,300 nautical miles (6,100 km; 3,800 mi) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph);
Complement	19 officers, 315 enlisted
Sensors and ; processing systems	AN/SPS-40 air search radar; fire control radar; AN/SPS-55 surface search radar; AN/SPQ-9 gun fire control radar; Mark 23 TAS automatic detection and tracking radar; AN/SPS-65 Missile fire control radar; Active sonar; Passive sonar; Naval Tactical Data System;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare System; AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures; Mark 36 SRBOC Decoy Launching System; AN/SLQ-49 Inflatable Decoys; ;
Armament	2 × 5 in (127 mm) 54 calibre Mark 45 dual purpose guns; 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns; 1 × 8 cell ASROC launcher (removed); 1 × 8 cell Sea Sparrow Mark 29 missile launcher; 2 × quadruple Harpoon missile canisters; 2 × Mark 32 triple 12.75 in (324 mm) torpedo tubes (Mk 46 torpedoes); 1 × 61 cell Mk 41 VLS launcher for Tomahawk missiles; 1 × 21 cell RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile;
Aircraft carried	2 × 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

Decatur's expedition to destroy the captured frigate Philadelphia in 1804.^[1]

Construction and career

Thorn was laid down on 29 August 1977 by

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. Thorn′s wreck rests at a depth of 12,792 feet (3,899 m) at 32°59′04″N 75°06′54″W / 32.98444°N 75.11500°W.^[3]

Gallery

USS Thorn in the 1980s
USS Thorn and USS William V. Pratt in the Atlantic Ocean in 1981
USS Thorn on 1 October 1984
USS Thorn in the Atlantic Ocean on 5 September 2003
USS Thorn, USS Cole, ARA Sarandí and USS Gonzalez 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.
^ "USS Thorn (DD 988)". US Navy Crew List.

External links

Photo gallery of USS Thorn at NavSource Naval History
"USS Thorn (DD 988)". navysite.de.

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[1] "USS Thorn (DD-988) (+2006)". Wrecksite.eu.

[2] "Thorn (DD 988)". Naval Vessel Register. August 7, 2006.

[3] "USS Thorn (DD 988)". US Navy Crew List.

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v t e Spruance-class destroyers
Arthur W. Radford Briscoe Caron Comte de Grasse Conolly Cushing David R. Ray Deyo Elliot Fife Fletcher Harry W. Hill Hayler Hewitt Ingersoll John Hancock John Rodgers John Young Kinkaid Leftwich Merrill Moosbrugger Nicholson O'Bannon O'Brien Oldendorf Paul F. Foster Peterson Spruance Stump Thorn
Preceded by: Charles F. Adams class Followed by: Kidd class
List of destroyers of the United States Navy

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 2006
Shipwrecks	3 Feb: al-Salam Boccaccio 98 9 Feb: USS O'Brien 22 Mar: Queen of the North 23 Mar: Pong Su 30 Mar: Al-Dana 17 May: USS Oriskany 7 Jun: USS Comte de Grasse, USS Stump 13 Jul: USS Belleau Wood 15 Jul: USNS Mars 20 Jul: ROCS Chen Yang 22 Jul: USS Thorn July (unknown date): ROCS Liao Yang 3 Aug: ROCS Nan Yang 1 Nov: Finnbirch 2 Nov: USS Valley Forge 8 Dec: USS Spruance 30 Dec: Senopati Nusantara
Other incidents	21 Mar: Hyundai Fortune June (unknown date): ROCS Shao Yang
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