USS Horne
USS Horne (CG-30)
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| Name: | Horne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Namesake: | Frederick J. Horne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ordered: | 20 September 1961 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Builder: | San Francisco Naval Shipyard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laid down: | 12 December 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Launched: | 30 October 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acquired: | 7 July 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commissioned: | 15 April 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Decommissioned: | 4 February 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reclassified: | CG-30 on 30 June 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Struck: | 4 February 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Homeport: | NS San Diego, California (former) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motto: | L'Audace Toujours L'Audace (Audacity, Always Audacity) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fate: | Sunk as target 29 June 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class=Belknap-class cruiser | Ship type= | Ship tonnage= | Ship displacement=7930 tons | Ship tons burthen= | Ship length=547 ft (167 m) | Ship beam=55 ft (17 m) | Ship height= | Ship draught=28 ft 10 in (8.79 m) | Ship draft= | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship ramps= | Ship ice class= | Ship power= | Ship propulsion= | Ship sail plan= | Ship speed=30 knots | Ship range= | Ship endurance= | Ship test depth= | Ship boats= | Ship capacity= | Ship troops= | Ship complement=418 officers and men | Ship crew= | Ship time to activate= | Ship sensors= | Ship EW=AN/SLQ-32 | Ship armament=one Mark 42 [[5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun|5 inches (130 mm) |
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USS Horne (DLG/CG-30) was a Belknap-class destroyer leader / cruiser. Named for Admiral Frederick J. Horne, 1880-1959. She was launched as DLG-30, a destroyer, and reclassified a cruiser on 30 June 1975.
The contract to construct Horne was awarded on 20 September 1961. Her keel was laid down at San Francisco Naval Shipyard on 12 December 1962. Launched 30 October 1964 and sponsored by Mrs. Frederick Horne, widow of Admiral Frederick J. Horne. Delivered 7 July 1967 and commissioned on 15 April 1967.
On 20 July 1983 the New York Times reported that Horne, along with seven other vessels in the Carrier Ranger Battle Group, left San Diego on Friday 15 July 1983 and were headed for the western Pacific when they were rerouted and ordered to steam for Central America to conduct training and flight operations in areas off the coasts of Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras as part of major military exercises planned for that summer.
The battle group was composed of the carrier Ranger, the cruiser Horne, the guided missile destroyer Lynde McCormick, the destroyers Fletcher and Fife, the frigate Marvin Shields, the oiler Wichita and the support ship Camden.
After more than 26 years of service, Horne was decommissioned on 4 February 1994. She was struck from the register the same day, placed in the custody of the United States Maritime Administration and was laid up at the Suisun Bay National Defense Reserve Fleet. Initially scheduled to be scrapped, she was spared the breakers torch and was sunk as a target on 29 June 2008 as part of RIMPAC 2008.
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