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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Meade |
| Namesake | Richard Worsam Meade and Robert Leamy Meade |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard |
| Laid down | 23 September 1918 |
| Launched | 24 May 1919 |
| Commissioned | 8 September 1919 |
| Decommissioned | 18 December 1939 |
| Stricken | 8 January 1941 |
| Identification | DD-274 |
| Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom, 26 November 1940 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Ramsey |
| Acquired | 26 November 1940 |
| Identification | Pennant number: G60 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 18 February 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,190 long tons (1,209 t) |
| Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
| Installed power | 26,500 shp (19,800 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 35 kn (40 mph; 65 km/h) |
| Range | 4,900 nmi (5,600 mi; 9,100 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
| Complement | 120 officers and enlisted |
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The first USS Meade (DD-274) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy and transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Ramsey (G60).