Editing USS Thornton 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="104-21235328435df4a4a262560" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BItalic%20title%20prefixed%7C3%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Italic%20title%20prefixed%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​​</span> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->Two ships in the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22United%20States%20Navy%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22United%20States%20Navy%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BUnited%20States%20Navy%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-21235328435df4a4a262560" href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> have been named <b>USS <i>Thornton</i></b> for <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22James%20Thornton%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22James%20Thornton%20%28naval%20officer%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BJames%20Thornton%20%28naval%20officer%29%7CJames%20Thornton%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-21235328435df4a4a262560" href="/wiki/James_Thornton_(naval_officer)" title="James Thornton (naval officer)">James Thornton</a>. </p> <ul data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">The first <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Ci%3EThornton%3C%5C%2Fi%3E%20%28TB-33%29%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22USS%20Thornton%20%28TB-33%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BUSS%20Thornton%20%28TB-33%29%7C%27%27Thornton%27%27%20%28TB-33%29%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-21235328435df4a4a262560" href="/wiki/USS_Thornton_(TB-33)" title="USS Thornton (TB-33)"><i>Thornton</i> (TB-33)</a> was a <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22torpedo%20boat%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22torpedo%20boat%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Btorpedo%20boat%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-21235328435df4a4a262560" href="/wiki/Torpedo_boat" title="Torpedo boat">torpedo boat</a>, commissioned in 1902, decommissioned and redesignated <i>Coastal Torpedo Vessel No. 16</i> in 1918. </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">The second <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Ci%3EThornton%3C%5C%2Fi%3E%20%28DD-270%29%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22USS%20Thornton%20%28DD-270%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BUSS%20Thornton%20%28DD-270%29%7C%27%27Thornton%27%27%20%28DD-270%29%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-21235328435df4a4a262560" href="/wiki/USS_Thornton_(DD-270)" title="USS Thornton (DD-270)"><i>Thornton</i> (DD-270)</a> was a <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Ci%3EClemson%3C%5C%2Fi%3E-class%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Clemson%20class%20destroyer%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BClemson%20class%20destroyer%7C%27%27Clemson%27%27-class%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-21235328435df4a4a262560" href="/wiki/Clemson_class_destroyer" title="Clemson class destroyer" class="mw-redirect"><i>Clemson</i>-class</a> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22destroyer%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22destroyer%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bdestroyer%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-21235328435df4a4a262560" href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a>, commissioned in 1918 and decommissioned in 1945. </li></ul> <div class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="104-21235328435df4a4a262560" 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