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Thatcher

USS Thatcher

Survived

United States Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassFletcher
WarSecond World War
Main guns5 × 5″ guns

Fought at Empress Augusta Bay. Hit by a kamikaze off Okinawa in 1945.

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Thatcher (DD-514) underway in Boston harbor, Massachusetts (USA), 28 February 1943. Note the 20 mm guns amidships and forward using the photographing aircraft as an opportunity for tracking practice. Photo: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 5 × single Mk 12 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns
  • 5 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors AA guns
  • 7 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon AA guns
  • 2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 6 × single depth charge throwers
  • 2 × depth charge racks
BuilderBath Iron Works
Laid down20 June 1942
Launched6 December 1942
Commissioned10 February 1943
Displacement2,050 tons
Length376 ft 6 in (114.7 m)
Speed35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement329

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

6 December 1942

1–2 November 1943

Grazed Spence

19–20 June 1944