USS Thorn (DD-988)
For other ships of the same name, see USS Thorn.
 USS Thorn escorts USS Enterprise (CVN-65) | |
| Career (US) |  |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Struck: | 25 August 2004 |
| 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 km/h) |
| 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 AN/SPG-60 fire control radar AN/SPS-55 surface search radar AN/SPQ-9 gun fire control radar Mk 23 TAS automatic detection and tracking radar AN/SPS-65 Missile fire control radar AN/SQS-53 bow mounted Active sonar AN/SQR-19 TACTAS towed array Passive sonar Naval Tactical Data System |
| Electronic warfare and 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 x 5 in (127 mm) 54 calibre Mark 45 dual purpose guns 2 x 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns 1 x 21 cell RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 x Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters. |
| Motto: | Sharply Perseverant |
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.
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.
See also
- List of United States Navy destroyers
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