file created: 12/07/02 01:05:28 , last update: 07/25/02
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DD-514 Thatcher
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher 1942/06/20
Bath Iron Works Co., Bath, Maine
1942/12/06 1943/02/10 1948/01/23
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Namesake: RAdm Thatcher
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42: Ms 21, 43: Ms 31/2c, 44: Ms 21


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/06/19       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
43/07/31       P.H.   66 
43/08/22 43/09/08   15 raid Marcus Is.   66 
43/09/1? 43/09/27     sail form P.H. to Esp. Santo   66 
43/09/27 43/10/1?     esc. duty betw. Esp. Santo and Guadalcanal, convoy to Vella Lavella   66 
43/09/28 43/09/30     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/06 43/10/07     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/28 43/10/31     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/10/29 43/11/03   39/DesRon23/DesDiv46 xEmpAug   88 
43/11/02     39/DesRon23/DesDiv46 damage (collision - Spence)   66 
43/11/04 43/11/08     Purvis Bay - temporary repairs   81 
43/11/07 43/11/07     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/08 43/11/10?     sail from Tulagi to Noumea   81  66 
43/11/10? 43/11/20     Noumea   66 
43/11/20 43/12/14     sail from Noumea to San Francisco   66 
43/12/14 44/02/11     MINY - repairs   66 
44/02/11 44/02/18?     sail from Mare Island to P.H.   66 
44/02/18? 44/02/2??     P.H. - refresher training   66 
44/03/14 44/03/26   39/DesRon23/DesDiv46 land Emirau   66 
44/03/26 44/04/06 Desec 58.3/DesRon23 raid Palaus   66 
44/04/13 44/05/14 Reckle 58.3/DesRon23/DesDiv46     66  112 
44/05/01   Mudba 58.7 shell Ponape   66  81 
44/05/04 44/05/2?     Majuro - drydock   66 
44/05/2? 44/05/26     Majuro - trianing   66 
44/05/26       damage - #3 5-inch gun accidentally fired into her 20mm mount - 5 KIA   66 
44/05/26 44/06/06     Majuro - repairs   66 
44/06/06 44/08/02 Forage 58.4/DesRon23/DesDiv46     81 
44/06/19   Forage 58.4/DesRon23/DesDiv46 xPhilip   81 
44/08/10 44/08/11     Eniwetok   88 
44/08/26 44/08/31 Stale2 30.8     66 
44/08/26 44/08/31 Stale2   escort AOs from Eniwetok to Manus   66 
44/10 44/11 King2 30.8     66 
44/12/01 44/12/19? Love3 38/DesRon23/DesDiv46 land Mindoro   81 
44/12/19 45/01/07   30.8     66 
45/01/08 45/01/27   30/FaReGrp China Sea TF 38 refueling   66 
45/02   Mike1 77/DesRon23/DesDiv45 shell Corregidor   81 
45/02/0? 45/02/10     sail form Guam to Ulithi > Leyte   66 
45/02/13 45/02/19?   77/DesRon23/DesDiv45 escort convoy to Subic Bay   66 
45/02/19? 45/03/03   77 Subic Bay - FS duty   66 
45/03/03 45/03/15     escort duty   66 
45/03/15   Vict1 78.3 land Panay Is.   66 
45/03/29 45/04/05 Vict2 78.2 land Cebu City, Cebu Is.   66  81  85
45/04/0? 45/05/0?     San Pedro Bay, Leyte - refit   66 
45/05/13   Iceber   Okinawa - RP duty   66 
45/05/20   Iceber   damage(kami - Oscar) 14 nm NW of Zampa Misaki, Okinawa (26-33N, 127-29E) - 14 KIA, 53 WIA   66  85 
45/05/21 45/07/01     Kerama Retto - Drydock - repairs   66 
45/06       joinPac  
45/07/13 45/07/26 Iceber   Okinawa - RP duty   66 
45/07/19       disable(kami) at Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (26-15N, 127-50E) - no KIA, 2 WIA   66  85 
45/07/26 45/08/20     sail Okinawa > Ulithi > Majuro > Eniwetok > > P.H. > Bremerton   66 
45/08/20 45/11     Bremerton   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1945/12/05 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 12 Battle Stars
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