page_title: USS Thomas E. Fraser
hierarchical_section_title: USS Thomas E. Fraser
caption_attribution_description: The U.S. Navy destroyer minelayer USS Thomas E. Fraser (DM-24) off Boston, Massachusetts (USA), on 26 September 1944.
context_page_description: USS Thomas E. Fraser was a Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer in the United States Navy. She was named for Commander Thomas E. Fraser.
  Thomas E. Fraser was laid down as an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, DD-736, on 31 January 1944 at Bath, Maine, by the Bath Iron Works; named Thomas E. Fraser on 1 March 1944; launched on 10 June 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Thomas E. Fraser. The ship was reclassified as a destroyer minelayer and redesignated DM-24 on 20 July 1944; and commissioned on 22 August 1944, Commander Ronald Joseph Woodaman in command.
context_section_description: USS Thomas E. Fraser (DD-736/DM-24) was a Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer in the United States Navy. She was named for Commander Thomas E. Fraser (1901–1942).
  Thomas E. Fraser was laid down as an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, DD-736, on 31 January 1944 at Bath, Maine, by the Bath Iron Works; named Thomas E. Fraser on 1 March 1944; launched on 10 June 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Thomas E. Fraser. The ship was reclassified as a destroyer minelayer and redesignated DM-24 on 20 July 1944; and commissioned on 22 August 1944, Commander Ronald Joseph Woodaman in command.
caption: USS Thomas E. Fraser off Boston in September 1944
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