USS Thorn in Charleston, SC, Feb - May 6, 1946.
Decommissioning and Inactive Reserve Fleet

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Tug comes out to meet Thorn.


Tug coming alongside.


Readying ship for mothballs.


USS Wadsworth DD516 awaiting mothball procedures.


USS Converse (DD509) and John Rodgers (DD574).


Sister ships Gansevoort (DD608) and Hobby (DD610).


USS Watts (DD561).


More sister ships being decommissioned and entering Inactive Reserve.


More Benson class cans.


Caldwell (DD605) and other destroyers laying in wait.



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