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USS THORNTON (DD-270 / AVD-11)

CLASS - CLEMSON As Built.
Displacement 1,215 Tons, Dimensions, 314' 5" (oa) x 31' 8" x 9' 10" (Max)
Armament 4 x 4"/50, 1 x 3"/23AA, 12 x 21" tt..
Machinery, 26,500 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 35 Knots, Crew 114
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Shipbuilding, Squantum Ma. on June 3 1918.
Launched March 22 1919 and commissioned July 15 1919.
Decommissioned May 24 1922, Recommissioned March 5 1941.
Converted to Sea Plane Tender AVD-11 August 2 1940.
Beached and abandoned at Kerama Retto May 2 1945.
Decommissioned May 2 1945.
Fate Stricken August 13 1945.
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Thornton 69kPhoto #: NH 63072, Lieutenant Commander James S. Thornton, USN portrait photograph taken by Rondin, Place d'Armes, Cherbourg, France, circa 1864. Thornton was then Executive officer of USS Kearsarge. The original print is mounted on a Carte de Visite. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Thornton 150kPhoto #: NH 43158, Victory Destroyer Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum, Massachusetts. Interior of the wet slips, photographed by Monks & Johnson, Boston, Massachusetts, between 27 April and 3 May 1919. The destroyer fitting out in the foreground is Thornton (Destroyer # 270, builder's # 350). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Thornton 80kPhoto #: NH 70864, USS Thornton (Destroyer # 270) close to shore, circa 1919-1920. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1970. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Thornton 135kPhoto #: NH 69516: Destroyer Division THIRTY-ONE moored together off San Diego, California, circa 1922. Photographed by the Pier Studio, San Diego. These ships are (from left to right): USS Bailey (DD-269); USS Thornton (DD-270); USS Tingey (DD-272); USS Morris (DD-271); USS Swasey (DD-273) and USS Meade (DD-274). Courtesy of ESKC Joseph L. Aguillard, USNR, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.-
USS THORNTON DD-270 / AVD-11 History
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Naval Historical Center Pearl Harbor Action Report
NavSource AVD Seaplane Tender (Destroyer) Index
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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