Hull Number: DD-270
Launch Date: 03/22/2019
Commissioned Date: 07/15/2019
Decommissioned Date: 05/02/1945
Namesake: JAMES SHEPARD THORNTON
JAMES SHEPARD THORNTON
Disposition:
Beached and abandoned 5/2/1945, Kerama Retto. Stricken 8/13/1945. In 7/1957 abandoned hulk was donated to the government of the Ryukyu Islands.