Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

AVD-11 USS Thornton

• Childs class Seaplane Tender (ex-Clemson-class Destroyer (DD-270):
• Displacement: 1,800 tons (full load)
• Length: 314'
• Beam: 31'
• Draft: 12'
• Speed: 25 knots
• Armament: 2 3"/50 DP, 8 20mm, 1 depth charge track, 2 depth charge projectors
• Complement: 122
• Geared turbine engines, twin screws, 13,000 shaft hp.
• Built at Bethlehem, Squantum, Mass., and commissioned as DD-270 15 July 1919
• Recommissioned as AVD-11 on 5 March 1941

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Thornton
• Action Report -- Pearl Harbor attack

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