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U.S.S. THORN

(DD-647)


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DD-647 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
NOV1942-Keel Date: 15 NOV 1942
at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
FEB1943-Launch Date: 28 FEB 1943
APR1943-Commissioned: 1 APR 1943
MAY1946-Decommissioned: 6 MAY 1946

DD-647 General Specifications

Class: Gleaves-class destroyer

Complement: 16 Officers and 260 Enlisted

Displacement: 1630 tons

Length: 348 feet 3 inches

Beam: 36 feet 1 inches

Draft: 11 feet 10 in

Range: 6 500 nautical miles

Final Disposition: Sunk as target 22 August 1974