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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.