USS Thorn (DD-988)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Thorn.

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	Template:Spruance class destroyer displacement
Length	Template:Spruance class destroyer length
Beam	Template:Spruance class destroyer beam
Draft	Template:Spruance class destroyer draft
Propulsion	Template:Spruance class destroyer propulsion
Speed	Template:Spruance class destroyer speed
Range	Template:Spruance class destroyer range
Complement	Template:Spruance class destroyer complement
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 Mark 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 & 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	Template:Spruance class destroyer armament VLS 1 × 21 cell RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
Aircraft carried	Template:Spruance class destroyer aircraft

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.

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.

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 US east coast. The Thorn currently rests at a depth of 12,792 feet (3,899 m) at 32°59′04″N 75°06′54″W.

Gallery

• 
  USS Thorn in the 1980s
• 
  USS Thorn and USS William V. Pratt in the Atlantic Ocean in 1981
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  USS Thorn in the Atlantic Ocean on 5 September 2003
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  USS Thorn on 1 October 1984

External links

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