USS THACH
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Keel Laid: March 6, 1982
Christened: December 18, 1982
Commissioned: March 17, 1984
Decommissioned: November 15, 2013

Builder: Todd Pacific Shipyards Co., Los Angeles Division, 
San Pedro, CA.
Propulsion system: 2 General Electric LM-2500 Gas 
Turbine Engines
Length, overall: 453 feet
Beam: 45 feet 
Draft: 24.6 feet 
Displacement: 4100 tons
Speed: 29+ knots
Crew: 17 Officers 195 Enlisted
Aircraft: two SH-60 Sea Hawk (LAMPS MK III) helicopters
Armament: 
 - 1 MK-75 3"/62 caliber rapid fire gun
- 1 MK-15 MOD 1 Close-in-Weapons System (CIWS) - 6 MK-46 torpedoes (from two MK-32 SVTT triple mounts)
.