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U.S.S. THATCHER

(DD-514)


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DD-514 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JUN1942-Keel Date: 20 JUN 1942
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DEC1942-Launch Date: 6 DEC 1942
FEB1943-Commissioned: 10 FEB 1943
SEP1943- Shellback Initiation - 18 SEP 1943 - Pacific Ocean
NOV1945-Decommissioned: 23 NOV 1945

DD-514 General Specifications

Class: Fletcher-class destroyer

Named for: Henry K. Thatcher

Complement: 329 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 2050 tons

Length: 376 feet 6 inches

Beam: 39 feet 8 inches

Flank Speed: 35 knots

Range: 6500 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition:Sold for scrap 23 January 1948