USS Thorn (DD-988)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Thorn.
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]
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USS Thorn on 1 January 1984 | |
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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) |
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Complement | 19 officers, 315 enlisted |
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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 |
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