USS Meredith (DD-434)
USS Meredith at Suva, Fiji Islands, 23 June 1942, in dazzle camouflage. | |
| 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 & awards | 1 × battle star |
| Fate | Sunk by Japanese aircraft, 15 October 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 |
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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.