page_title: USS Thornhill
section_title: Italian Navy (1951-1976)
hierarchical_section_title: USS Thornhill / History / Italian Navy (1951-1976)
caption_attribution_description: The frigate Aldebaran docked in Naples in 1967
context_page_description: USS Thornhill was a Cannon-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1947. In 1951, the ship was transferred to the Italian Marina Militare and renamed Aldebaran. The ship remained in service until 1976 when she was sold for scrap.
context_section_description: The next week she got underway for Green Cove Springs, Florida, to be inactivated. She was decommissioned on 17 June 1946 and assigned to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Thornhill was transferred to Italy under the Military Assistance Program on 10 January 1951 and was struck from the Navy List on 26 March that same year. She served the Italian Navy as Aldebaran (F 590) until she was stricken and broken up in 1976.
caption: Thornhill as Aldebaran (F 590).
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