&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:USS_Thatcher_(DD-514)_underway_off_Boston_on_28_February_1943.jpg) USS Thatcher (DD-514), underway in Boston harbor, Mass., 28 February 1943.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Namesake | Henry K. Thatcher |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down | 20 June 1942 |
| Launched | 6 December 1942 |
| Commissioned | 10 February 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 23 November 1945 |
| Stricken | 5 December 1945 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 23 January 1948 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,050 tons |
| Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.7 m) |
| Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
| Propulsion | 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range | 6500 nmi. (12,000 km) at 15 kt |
| Complement | 329 |
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USS Thatcher (DD-514), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Henry K. Thatcher (1806–1880).
Thatcher was laid down on 20 June 1942 at Bath, Maine, by the Bath Iron Works Corp.; launched on 6 December 1942; sponsored by Miss Charlotte L. Hyde; and commissioned on 10 February 1943.