USS Thorn (DD-988)

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.

For other ships with the same name, see USS Thorn.
USS Thorn escorts USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
History
United States
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
Motto: Sharply Perseverant
Fate: Sunk as a test/target 22 July 2006
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 × General Electric LM2500 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:
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:
Aircraft carried: 2 x Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters.

Thorn was laid down on 29 August 1977 by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss.; launched on 3 February 1979; and commissioned on 16 February 1980.

Thorn was decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on 25 August 2004. Thorn was sunk as a test/target on 22 July 2006 off the US east coast.

See also
  • List of United States Navy destroyers


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.