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U.S.S. MEREDITH

(DD-434)


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DD-434 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JUN1939-Keel Date: 1 JUN 1939
at Boston Navy Yard
APR1940-Launch Date: 24 APR 1940
MAR1941-Commissioned: 1 MAR 1941

DD-434 General Specifications

Class: Gleaves-class destroyer

Complement: 208 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 1630 tons

Length: 348 feet 3 inches

Beam: 36 feet 1 inches

Draft: 11 feet 10 in

Range: 6 500 nautical miles

Final Disposition: Sunk by enemy action 15 October 1942