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AVD-11 Thornton
United States Navy seaplane tender (destroyer)
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| flushdeck - | 1918/06/03 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Squantum, Mass. | 1919/03/02 | 1919/07/16 | 1945/05/02
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 41/12/07 | ScoutForPac/PatWing2 | P.H. - SubBase | 66 114 | ||
| 41/12/1? | 42/08 | P.H - tender, escort duty | 66 | ||
| 42/05/29 | 42/06 | French Frigate Shoals - patrol | 81 | ||
| 42/08/25 | 42/08/30 | sail P.H. > Kodiak | 66 | ||
| 42/08/30 | 42/10/24 | 8 | Aleutians | 81 | |
| 42/10/24 | departed Aleutians to Solomons to replace damaged McFarland | 81 | |||
| 42/10/24 | 42/10/30 | sail Kodiak > P.H. | 66 | ||
| 42/10/30 | 42/11/10 | P.H. | 66 | ||
| 42/11/2? | 43/07 | Fiji, Funafuti, Vanikoro | 66 | ||
| 43/07/16 | 43/07/17 | tow damaged AVP Chincoteague from Saboe Bay, Santa Cruz Is. | 66 | ||
| 43/07/18 | 44/01 | Esp. Santo | 66 | ||
| 43/11/11 | 43/11/13 | sail Esp. Santo > Guadalcanal | 66 | ||
| 43/11/13 | 43/11/15 | escort Chandler from Guadalcanal to Esp. Santo | 66 | ||
| 44/02/05 | 44/02/08 | P.H. | 66 | ||
| 44/02/17 | 44/12/03 | west coast - escort duty | 66 | ||
| 44/05/12 | 44/05/15 | San Diego | 88 | ||
| 44/12/03 | 44/12/1? | sail San Diego > P.H. | 66 | ||
| 44/12/1? | 45/02/22 | P.H. | 66 | ||
| 45/02/22 | 45/03/1? | sail P.H. > Eniwetok > Ulithi | 66 | ||
| 45/03/2? | 45/04 | Iceber | 50.5 | 66 | |
| 45/04/05 | Iceber | 50.5 | disable(collision - AOs Asthabula, Escalante) 125 nm SE of Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (24-24N, 128-58E) | 85 | |
| 45/04/14 | 45/05/02 | Iceber | Kerama Retto | 66 | |
| 45/05/02 | decomm | ||||
| 45/08/13 | struck from Navy List | 66 | |||