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Thornhill

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ClassCannon class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-195
BuilderFederal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Port Newark, New Jersey
Launched1943-12-30
Commissioned1944-02-01
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 17 June 1947. Another navy received her later. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Diesel-electric destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
Command

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Thornhill
U.S. Navy. USS Thornhill (DE-195) at anchor off New York City (USA), 10 July 1944 (80-G-235900).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Thornhill, hull DE-195, belonged to the Cannon class of destroyer escorts. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, at Port Newark, New Jersey, laid her down on 7 October 1943 and launched her on 30 December 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 1 February 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant John B. Shumway.

Her Pacific duty took her to Eniwetok.

Her commissioned service ended on 17 June 1947. Another navy received her later. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.