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USS HORNE was the fifth ship in the BELKNAP - class of guided missile cruisers. Both decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on February 4, 1994, the HORNE spent the following years laid up at Suisun Bay, Benecia, California, as part of the Reserve Fleet. On July 14, 2008, the HORNE was sunk as a target off Kauai, Hawaii, using three AGM-84 Harpoon missiles fired from aircraft from CVW-5 embarked aboard the USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63). The SINKEX was part of RIMPAC 2008.
The USS HORNE was last homeported in San Diego, Calif.
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: September 20, 1961 |
| Keel laid: December 12, 1962 | |
| Launched: October 30, 1964 | |
| Commissioned: April 15, 1967 | |
| Decommissioned: February 4, 1994 | |
| Builder: San Francisco Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, Ca. | |
| Propulsion system:4 - 1200 psi boilers; 2 General Electric geared turbines | |
| Propellers: two | |
| Length: 548 feet (167 meters) | |
| Beam: 55 feet (16.8 meters) | |
| Draft: 28,5 feet (8.7 meters) | |
| Displacement: approx. 8,100 tons | |
| Speed: 30+ knots | |
| Aircraft: one SH-2F (LAMPS 1) helicopter | |
| Armament: two Mk 141 Harpoon missile launchers, one Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber gun, two 20mm Phalanx CIWS, one Mk-10 missile launcher for Standard missiles (ER) and ASROC, Mk 46 torpedoes from two Mk-32 triple mounts | |
| Crew: 27 officers and 450 enlisted |
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This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS HORNE. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
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