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| 76k | Photo #: NH 43977. Rear Admiral Henry Knox Thatcher, USN portrait engraved by J.A.J. Wilcox, Boston, published during the later 19th Century. The print features a facsimile of Thatcher's signature. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart | |
| 102k | Artist's conception of the Thatcher as she appeared in late World War II by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource. | Navy Yard Associates | |
| 78k | Artist's conception of a cutaway view of the Thatcher by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource. | Navy Yard Associates | |
| 30k | Undated, location unknown. U.S. National Airchives, RF-80-G. Photo # 80-G-1470546. | Robert Hurst | |
| 86k | USS Thatcher (DD-514) launching, at the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, 6 December 1942 (USN Photo No 80-G-77174). | Robert Hurst | |
| 134k | USS Thatcher (DD-514) taken while underway in Boston Harbour, Massachusetts on 28 February 1943. Note 20mm AA guns amidships and forward using the photographing aircraft as an opportunity for for tracking practice (USN). | Robert Hurst | |
| 100k | Stern view of the USS Thatcher (DD 514) departing Mare Island on 24 July 1943. | Darryl Baker | |
| 93k | Broadside view of the USS Thatcher (DD 514) off Mare Island on 24 July 1943. Thatcher was in overhaul at Mare Island form 3 July to 25 July 1943. | Darryl Baker | |
| 89k | Stern view of the USS Thatcher (DD 514) departing Mare Island on 24 July 1943. | Darryl Baker | |
| 159k | USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) A port side view of the amidships portion of the ship taken on 15 December 1943 at the Mare Island Navy Yard. The nearest destroyer in the background is USS Thatcher (DD-514). | Fred Weiss | |
| 102k | Aft plan view of USS Thatcher (DD 514) at Mare Island on 5 Feb 1944. Thatcher was in overhaul at Mare Island form 13 Dec 43 until 10 Feb 44. The ship in the background is the USS Cony (DD-508). | Darryl Baker | |
| 105k | Forward plan view of USS Thatcher (DD 514) at Mare Island on 5 Feb 1944. Thatcher was in overhaul at Mare Island form 13 Dec 43 until 10 Feb 44. The ship in the background is the USS Cony (DD-508). | Darryl Baker | |
| 91k | Stern view of USS Thatcher (DD 514) off Mare Island on 7 Feb 1944. Thatcher was in overhaul at Mare Island form 13 Dec 43 until 10 Feb 44. | Darryl Baker | |
| 68k | Broadside view of USS Thatcher (DD 514) off Mare Island on 7 Feb 1944. Thatcher was in overhaul at Mare Island form 13 Dec 43 until 10 Feb 44. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 31, Design 2c. | Darryl Baker | |
| 102k | Bow on view of USS Thatcher (DD 514) off Mare Island on 7 Feb 1944. Thatcher was in overhaul at Mare Island form 13 Dec 43 until 10 Feb 44. | Darryl Baker | |
| 199k | USS Thatcher in camo pattern 2c is moving across the Pearl Harbor anchorage February 18 1944. View vantage is from the collision damaged focsle of USS Washington. From the BB56 damage series in NA 19GC.BB56. | John Chiquoine | |
| 157k | Approaching USS Thatcher in the whaleboat, Desron23 Little Beavers logo can be seen. Possibly at Majuro atoll, mid-1944. From the Cdr Dayton Brown photos. | Dave Schroeder and John Chiquoine | |
LCDR Leland Ralph Lampman Feb 10 1943 - Aug 4 1944 CDR William Arthur Cockell Aug 4 1944 - Apr 10 1945 (Later RADM) LCDR Charles Richardson Chandler Apr 10 1945 - Nov 23 1945
The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
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