| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Clemson |
| Pennant | AVD 11 |
| Mod | Sea plane tender |
| Built by | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., (Squantum, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 3 Jun 1918 |
| Launched | 22 Mar 1919 |
| Commissioned | 15 Jul 1919 |
| End service | 2 May 1945 |
| History | Decommissioned on 24 May 1922 |
Commands listed for USS Thornton (AVD 11)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Wendell Fischer Kline, USN | 5 Mar 1941 | 16 Oct 1942 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. James Paul Walker, USN | 16 Oct 1942 | 23 Feb 1943 |
| 3 | Lt. Frank Este Sellers, Jr., USN | 23 Feb 1943 | 7 Jan 1944 |
| 4 | Lt. John Scott Burns, Jr., USNR | 7 Jan 1944 | Nov 1944 |
| 5 | Laurence Francis Geibel, USNR | Nov 1944 | 2 May 1945 |
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