Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Fletcher |
Pennant | DD 514 |
Built by | Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 9 Sep 1940 |
Laid down | 20 Jun 1942 |
Launched | 6 Dec 1942 |
Commissioned | 10 Feb 1943 |
End service | 18 Nov 1945 |
History | Heavily damaged by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft on 20 May 1945 while off Okinawa 14 killed and 53 wounded. |
Commands listed for USS Thatcher (ii) (DD 514)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr. Leland Ralph Lampman, USN | 10 Feb 1943 | 4 Aug 1944 |
2 | Cdr. William Arthur Cockell, USN | 4 Aug 1944 | 10 Apr 1945 |
3 | Lt.Cdr. Charles Richardson Chandler, USN | 10 Apr 1945 | 18 Nov 1945 |
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