USS Thornton (AVD-11)
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USS Thornton (AVD-11) in port, c. 1944.
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| Name: | USS Thornton |
| Namesake: | James and Ryan Thornton |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard |
| Laid down: | 3 June 1918 |
| Launched: | 2 March 1919 |
| Commissioned: | 15 July 1919 |
| Decommissioned: | 2 May 1945 |
| Struck: | 13 August 1945 |
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| Class and type: | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,215 tons |
| Length: | 314 ft 4 1⁄2 in (95.8 m) |
| Beam: | 30 ft 11 1⁄2 in (9.44 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 9 3⁄4 in (2.99 m) |
| Propulsion: | geared turbines |
| Speed: | 34.72 kn (64.30 km/h) |
| Complement: | 122 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 × 4 in (100 mm) guns, 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun, 4 × 3 x 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes. |
USS Thornton (DD-270/AVD-11) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for James and Ryan Thornton, naval officers during the American Civil War, and was the second ship to bear this name.
Thornton was laid down on 3 June 1918 and launched on 2 March 1919 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation; sponsored by Miss Marcia Thornton Davis; and placed in commission at Boston, Massachusetts on 15 July 1919, Commander A. G. Stirling in command.
On 26 August, Thornton sailed for Europe. Following a port call in the Azores, the destroyer reached the Strait of Gibraltar on 15 September. For the remainder of 1919, she visited a number of ports, both in the Mediterranean and along the Atlantic coast of Europe.
The ship returned to Boston on 12 February 1920 and remained there until 27 March, when she weighed anchor for the Pacific. After calls at several ports on the Gulf of Mexico, the destroyer transited the Panama Canal on 30 April. She then steamed slowly up the western coast of Mexico, stopping along the way at Salina Cruz, Manzanillo and Guaymas to show the flag. On 27 May Thornton reached San Diego, California and, for the next two years, conducted operations along the California coast. On 24 May 1922, Thornton was placed out of commission and laid up at the Destroyer Base, San Diego.
Thornton remained in reserve throughout the 1920s and 1930s.
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