Builder: Litton Ingalls, Pascagoula Miss. Laid Down: August 29 1977 Launched: November 22 1978 Commissioned: February 16 1980 Decommissioned: 08/25/04 Fate: Decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on August 25, 2004, the THORN was subsequently towed to the Inactive Ships On-site Maintenance Office, Philadelphia, Penn., where she remained until she was sunk as a target on July 22, 2006, off the US east coast.