USS Meredith (DD-726)

History
United States
Namesake	Jonathan Meredith
Ordered	1942
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	26 July 1943
Launched	21 December 1943
Commissioned	14 March 1944
Fate	Sunk 9 June 1944, sold and scrapped 5 August 1960
General characteristics
Class and type	Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer
Displacement	2,200 tons
Length	376 ft 6 in (114.8 m)
Beam	40 ft (12.2 m)
Draft	15 ft 8 in (4.8 m)
Propulsion	60,000 shp (45 MW) 2 propellers
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h)
Range	6500 nm @ 15 kn (12,000 km @ 28 km/h)
Complement	336
Armament	6 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 guns, 12 × 40 mm AA guns, 11 × 20 mm AA guns, 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 6 × depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge tracks

USS Meredith (DD-726), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Jonathan Meredith, a Marine sergeant who saved the life of Lieutenant John Trippe of Vixen, during the Barbary Wars.

Meredith was laid down on 26 July 1943 by Bath Iron Works Corporation, Bath, Maine; launched on 21 December 1943, sponsored by Mrs. William Kopper; and commissioned on 14 March 1944.