USS Meredith (DD-165)

History
United States
Namesake	Jonathan Meredith
Builder	Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down	26 June 1918
Launched	22 September 1918
Commissioned	29 January 1919
Decommissioned	28 June 1922
Stricken	7 January 1936
Fate	Sold for scrapping 29 September 1936
General characteristics
Class & type	Wickes-class destroyer
Displacement	1,202–1,208 long tons (1,221–1,227 t) (standard); 1,295–1,322 long tons (1,316–1,343 t) (deep load);
Length	314 ft 4 in (95.8 m)
Beam	30 ft 11 in (9.42 m)
Draught	9 ft 10 in (3.0 m)
Installed power	27,000 shp (20,000 kW); 4 water-tube boilers;
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 steam turbines
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) (design)
Range	2,500 nautical miles (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) (design)
Complement	6 officers, 108 enlisted men
Armament	4 × single 4-inch (102 mm) guns; 2 × single 1-pounder AA guns; 4 × triple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 2 × depth charge rails;

USS Meredith (DD-165) was a Wickes-class destroyer built for the United States Navy during World War I. She was the first destroyer in the United States Navy that named for a marine.