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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Thorn |
Namesake | Jonathan Thorn[1] |
Ordered | September 1940 |
Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey (proposed) |
Fate | Cancelled 10 February 1941 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 1,175 tons |
Length | 300 ft 0 in (91.44 m) waterline |
Beam | 34 ft 6 in (10.52 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
Speed | 24.5 knots (45.4 km/h; 28.2 mph) |
Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Armament |
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Notes | Source:[2] |
USS Thorn (DD-505) was an experimental American light destroyer that was ordered in 1940 and canceled in 1941. Her design and several redevelopments served as a prototype for future destroyer escorts, eventually becoming the third ship of the unbuilt Stevenson-class light destroyer.
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