USS Meade (DD-602)
Meade shortly before commissioning | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Meade (DD-602) |
| Namesake | Richard Worsam and Robert Leamy Meade |
| Builder | Bethlehem Mariners Harbor, Staten Island |
| Laid down | 25 March 1941 |
| Launched | 15 February 1942 |
| Commissioned | 22 June 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 17 June 1946 |
| Stricken | 1 June 1971 |
| Fate | Sunk as a target, February 1973. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Benson-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1620 tons |
| Length | 348 ft 4 in (106.17 m) |
| Beam | 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) |
| Draught | 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m) |
| Speed | 38 knots (70 km/h) |
| Complement | 268 |
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USS Meade (DD-602) was a Benson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the second ship named for Richard Worsam Meade III and Robert Leamy Meade.
Meade was laid down by Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Shipbuilding Division, Staten Island, New York, 25 March 1941, launched 15 February 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Moray Nairne Wootton, and commissioned at Brooklyn Navy Yard 22 June 1942.