USS Meredith at Suva, Fiji Islands, 23 June 1942, in dazzle camouflage.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Meredith |
Namesake | Jonathan Meredith |
Builder | Boston Navy Yard |
Laid down | 1 June 1939 |
Launched | 24 April 1940 |
Commissioned | 1 March 1941 |
Honours and awards | 1 × battle star |
Fate | Sunk by Japanese aircraft, 15 October 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gleaves-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,630 tons |
Length | 348 ft 3 in (106.15 m) |
Beam | 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) |
Draft | 11 ft 10 in (3.61 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 37.4 kn (69.3 km/h; 43.0 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 208 |
Armament |
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USS Meredith (DD-434), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Jonathan Meredith, a United States Marine Corps sergeant who served during the First Barbary War.
Meredith was laid down 1 June 1939 by Boston Naval Shipyard and launched 24 April 1940, sponsored by Miss Ethel Dixon Meredith. The ship was commissioned on 1 March 1941.