USS Thatcher (DD-162)

USS Thatcher underway, circa 1920
History
United States
NameUSS Thatcher
NamesakeHenry K. Thatcher
BuilderFore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down8 June 1918
Launched31 August 1918
Commissioned14 January 1919
Decommissioned7 June 1922
Recommissioned18 December 1939
Decommissioned24 September 1940
Stricken8 January 1941
IdentificationDD-162
FateTransferred to United Kingdom, 24 September 1940
Canada
NameHMCS Niagara
NamesakeNiagara River
Acquired24 September 1940
Decommissioned27 May 1946
IdentificationPennant number: I57
Honours &
awards		Atlantic 1940-44
FateScrapped 1946
General characteristics
Class & typeWickes-class destroyer
Displacement1,191 tons
Length314 ft 4+1⁄2 in (95.822 m)
Beam30 ft 11+1⁄4 in (9.430 m)
Draft9 ft 2 in (2.79 m)
Speed35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement122 officers and enlisted
Armament

The first USS Thatcher (DD–162) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy, later transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Niagara.

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