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U.S.S. THORN
(DD-988)SHARPLY PERSERVERANT
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USS THORN (DD-988) - a Spruance class destroyer
In Commission 1980 to 2004DD-988 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a DD-988 Shellback Initiation | Add a DD-988 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUG | 1977 | - | Keel Date: 29 AUG 1977 at Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula MS | ||
| JAN | 1979 | - | JAN | 1981 | Antarctic Circle |
| FEB | 1979 | - | Launch Date: 3 FEB 1979 | ||
| FEB | 1980 | - | Commissioned: 16 FEB 1980 | ||
| JUN | 1982 | - | DEC | 1982 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| OCT | 1982 | - | NOV | 1982 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| DEC | 1983 | - | DEC | 1983 | Helo Accident December 1983 near AUTEC Helantisubron 75 Det (A) |
| JUN | 1984 | - | DEC | 1984 | UNITAS |
| JUN | 1984 | - | Shellback Initiation - 19 JUN 1984 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| OCT | 1984 | - | DEC | 1984 | West Africa |
| MAR | 1985 | - | DEC | 1985 | Regular Overhaul |
| AUG | 1986 | - | NOV | 1986 | North Atlantic-Baltic Sea Operations |
| SEP | 1987 | - | MAR | 1988 | Mediterranean |
| SEP | 1987 | - | MAR | 1988 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean |
| OCT | 1989 | - | MAR | 1990 | Mediterranean |
| NOV | 1991 | - | MAY | 1992 | Mediterranean |
| MAR | 1993 | - | APR | 1994 | Antarctic Circle |
| APR | 1993 | - | JUN | 1993 | North Atlantic bluenose |
| AUG | 1993 | - | FEB | 1994 | Mediterranean |
| MAR | 1994 | - | APR | 1994 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| AUG | 1994 | - | Shellback Initiation - 8 AUG 1994 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| AUG | 1996 | - | AUG | 1996 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| AUG | 1996 | - | SEP | 1996 | North Atlantic |
| MAR | 1997 | - | SEP | 1997 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| NOV | 1998 | - | MAY | 1999 | Mediterranean |
| APR | 2000 | - | MAY | 2000 | North Atlantic |
| APR | 2001 | - | OCT | 2001 | Mediterranean |
| NOV | 2003 | - | MAY | 2004 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean |
| FEB | 2004 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 FEB 2004 - Indian Ocean | ||
| FEB | 2004 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 FEB 2004 - Indian Ocean | ||
| AUG | 2004 | - | Decommissioned: 25 AUG 2004 | ||
DD-988 General Specifications
Class: Spruance class destroyer
Named for: Jonathan Thorn
Complement: 19 Officers and 315 Enlisted
Displacement: 8040 tons
Length: 529 feet
Beam: 55 feet
Flank Speed: 32 Knots
Range: 6 000 nautical miles
Final Disposition:Sunk as a test/target 22 July 2006
USS THORN (DD-988)
The second Thorn (DD-988) was laid down on 29 August
1977 at Pascagoula, Miss., by the Ingalls Shipbuilding
Division of Litton Systems, Inc., and launched on 3 February 1979 with
Mrs. Patricia Palmer Ansley serving as sponsor.
Thorn was scheduled to be commissioned
in early 1980.
[Note: The above USS THORN (DD-988) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS THORN (DD-988), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]