USS Meredith (DD-434)

USS Meredith at Suva, Fiji Islands, 23 June 1942, in dazzle camouflage.
History
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	50,000 shp (37,000 kW) 4 boilers 2 propellers
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	5 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal guns, 6 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons, 6 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns, 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 2 × depth charge tracks

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.