USS Thorn (DD-988) (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! 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.