USS Thorn (DD-647)
USS Thorn (DD-647), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Jonathan Thorn.
Thorn was laid down on 15 November 1942 at Kearny, New Jersey, by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.; sponsored by Mrs. Beatrice Fox Palmer; launched on 28 February 1943; and commissioned on 1 April 1943 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Lieutenant Commander Edward Brumby in command.
Read more about USS Thorn (DD-647): Atlantic Service, May 1943 – January 1944, Southwest Pacific Service, February – September 1944, Philippines Service, October – December 1944, Off Japan, January – October 1945, Reserve and Disposal
Famous quotes containing the word thorn:
“So long as I have been here I have not willingly planted a thorn in any man’s bosom.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)