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DD-434 Meredith
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Gleaves | 1939/06/01 Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston, Mass. | 1940/04/24 | 1941/03/01 | 1942/10/15
sunk | |
| Namesake: Sgt. Jonathan Meredith, USMC, KIA 1804/08/06 | |||||
| TTD differences from class: | |||||
| Camouflage: 41: Ms 1, 42: Ms 12/Mod | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 41/12/07 | AtlFlt/DesFlot3/DesRon11/DesDiv22 | Iceland | 81 114 | ||
| 42/03/1? | joinPac - Panama Canal | 66 | |||
| 42/03/21 | 42/04/01 | San Diego | 66 | ||
| 42/04/01 | 42/04/13 | 18/DesDiv22 | 66 | ||
| 42/04/13 | 42/04/25 | Shangr | 16.2/DesDiv22 | ||
| 42/05/13 | 42/05/2? | escort AOs Cimarron and Sabine to Noumea | 66 | ||
| 42/05/2? | 42/06/21 | patrol off Bulari Passage, Noumea | 66 | ||
| 42/06/21 | 42/07/04 | escort Tangier from Noumea to P.H. | |||
| 42/07/04 | 42/08/15 | P.H. - gunnery exercises | 66 | ||
| 42/08/15 | 42/08/30 | escort AR Vestal from P.H. to Tongatabu, then sail to New Hebrides | 66 110 | ||
| 42/09/18 | 42/09/20 | escort reinforce convoy to Guadalcanal | 66 | ||
| 42/09/29 | with Monssen assist disabled (I-4) AK Alhena to New Hebrides | 110 | |||
| 42/10 | Esp. Santo - escort 2 AO | ||||
| 42/10/12 | 42/10/15 | escort convoy (2 AK, PG, ATF) from Esp. Santo to Guadalcanal | 66 | ||
| 42/10/15 | sunk(planes - Zuikaku) off San Cristobal - 187 KIA, 88 survivors | 103 | |||