| Class | Fletcher class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-514 |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Launched | 1942-12-06 |
| Commissioned | 1943-02-10 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war. Sold for scrap, 23 January 1948 |
| Armament (class) | Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes. |
| Command |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
U.S. Navy. USS Thatcher (DD-514) at Pearl Harbor on 18 February 1944.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Command
Battle of Empress Augusta Bay
1943-11-02 · slightly damaged; among the destroyers that finished Hatsukaze; not sunk
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · a kamikaze damaged her on 19 July; not sunk
