_off_Boston_in_September_1944.jpg) USS Thomas E. Fraser off Boston in September 1944
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Thomas E. Fraser |
| Namesake | Thomas E. Fraser |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
| Laid down | 31 January 1944 |
| Launched | 10 June 1944 |
| Commissioned | 22 August 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 12 September 1955 |
| Stricken | 1 November 1970 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1 June 1974 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Robert H. Smith-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,200 tons |
| Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) |
| Draft | 18 ft 10 in (5.74 m) |
| Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Complement | 363 officers and enlisted |
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USS Thomas E. Fraser (DD-736/DM-24) was a Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer in the United States Navy.