USS Thornton (TB-33)
 USS Thornton (TB-33), off Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during Founder's Week, 1908. Note the ketch under sail and several four-masted schooners in the background.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Thornton |
| Namesake | James S. Thornton |
| Builder | William R. Trigg Company, Richmond, Virginia |
| Laid down | 16 March 1899 |
| Launched | 15 May 1900 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Mary Thornton Davis |
| Commissioned | 9 June 1902 |
| Decommissioned | 11 May 1918 |
| Renamed |
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| Stricken | 12 May 1919 |
| Fate | Sold to the Southern Oil & Transport Corp, August 1920 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Blakely-class torpedo boat |
| Displacement | 200 long tons (200 t)[2] |
| Length | 175 ft (53 m) |
| Beam | 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) |
| Draft | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) (mean)[2] |
| Installed power | not known |
| Propulsion | not known |
| Speed | |
| Complement | 28 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 3 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes |
The first Thornton (Torpedo Boat No. 33) was laid down on 16 March 1899 at
Thornton participated in the summer maneuvers of the North Atlantic Fleet off the eastern coast of the United States. In November and December, the torpedo boat moved south to the West Indies for combined winter maneuvers. On 28 January 1903, she returned to Norfolk, and she was assigned to the Reserve Torpedo Flotilla on 16 February.
On 19 June 1905, Thornton was placed back in full commission; and, the following month, she made a brief visit to
Though the Reserve Torpedo Flotilla was abolished in 1914, Thornton remained inactive at Charleston until 1917, she was in reserve until 14 March 1914 when the Reserve Torpedo Flotilla was disbanded. After that, she was placed in commission, in ordinary, at the
With America's entry into
Sources
- ^ "USS Thornton (TB-33)". Navsource.org. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
- ^ a b c "Table 10 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 714. 1921.
Bibliography
- Eger, Christopher L. (March 2021). "Hudson Fulton Celebration, Part II". Warship International. LVIII (1): 58–81. ISSN 0043-0374.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Photo gallery of Thornton at NavSource Naval History
