USS Meredith (DD-726)
Service
- 14 March 1944 — 9 June 194487 days of the war
- Name
- USS Meredith
- Pennant / hull number
- DD-726
- Namesake
- Jonathan Meredith
- Builder
- Bath Iron Works
- Ordered
- 1942
- Laid down
- 26 July 1943
- Launched
- 21 December 1943
- Commissioned
- 14 March 1944
- Fate
- Sunk 9 June 1944, sold and scrapped 5 August 1960 (1944)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,200 long tons (2,235 t)
- Length
- 114.6 m (376 ft)
- Beam
- 12.19 m (40 ft)
- Draught
- 4.57 m (15 ft)
- Speed
- 34 knots (63 km/h, 39.1 mph)
- Range
- 6,479 nmi (11,999 km)
- Complement
- 336
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
The third ship named for Sgt. Jonathan Meredith, USMC ( circa 1772–7 August 1805). See Meredith I (Destroyer No. 165) for his biography.
The third Meredith (DD‑726) was laid down on 26 July 1943 at Bath, Maine, by Bath Iron Works Corp.; launched on 21 December 1943; and sponsored by Mrs. William Kopper.
The recruits earmarked to form the ship’s company completed their basic training at Naval Training Station Bainbridge at Port Deposit, Md. The men attended a variety of classes and drills to orient them to shipboard life, and to bring the officers and enlisted men to a physical peak, the station also inaugurated four week physical conditioning classes that included calisthenics and recreational sports.
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From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command (Meredith III (DD-726)). A work of the United States Government, in the public domain.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 60,000 shp (45 MW)
- 2 propellers
- Armament
- 6 × 5 in/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
Sister ships
- USS Alfred A. Cunningham
- USS Allen M. Sumner
- USS Ault
- USS Barton (DD-722)
- USS Blue (DD-744)
- USS Borie (DD-704)
- USS Bristol (DD-857)
- USS Brush
- USS Charles S. Sperry
- USS Collett
- USS Compton
- USS Cooper
- USS De Haven (DD-727)
- USS Douglas H. Fox
- USS Drexler
- USS English
- USS Frank E. Evans
- USS Gainard
- USS Hank
- USS Harlan R. Dickson
- USS Harry E. Hubbard
- USS Haynsworth
- USS Hugh Purvis
- USS Hugh W. Hadley
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Meredith (DD-726) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Service history reproduced verbatim from Meredith III (DD-726) , Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships — public domain, a work of the United States Government.
- Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 89423 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons