USS Meredith (DD-890), a Gearing -class destroyer, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the United States Marine Corps Sergeant Jonathan Meredith, who saved the life of Lieutenant John Trippe of Vixen, during the Barbary Wars.

Panoramic photograph of the ship's officers and crew, of USS Meredith (DD-890), taken at the Destroyer-Submarine Piers, Norfolk Naval Base, Virginia, 11 February 1959. Photographed by J. Hanson. USS Shenandoah (AD-26) and another destroyer are in the background.

DD-890 General Specifications. Class: Gearing-class destroyer. Named for: Jonathan Meredith. Complement: 267 Officers and Enlisted . Displacement: 2425 tons. Length: 391 feet . Beam: 41 feet . Flank Speed: 32 knots . Final Disposition: Transferred to Turkey 29 June 1979

2016年1月12日 · The fourth Meredith (DD‑890) was laid down by the Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex., 27 January 1945; launched 28 June 1945; sponsored by Miss Juliette S. Kopper,...

Launched at Orange, Texas, on 27 January 1945, the MEREDITH (DD-890) was commissioned on 31 December 1945. Her first duties included training submarine officers at New London, Connecticut and operations off Newfoundland and Greenland with the PUTNAM (DD-757) and in the western Atlantic from Maine to the Caribbean.

USS Meredith (DD-890), a Gearing-class destroyer, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the United States Marine Corps Sergeant Jonathan Meredith, who saved the life of Lieutenant John Trippe of Vixen, during the Barbary Wars. The destroyer was laid down at the Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, Texas, on 27 ...

USS Meredith (DD-890), a Gearing-class destroyer, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the United States Marine Corps Sergeant Jonathan Meredith, who saved the life of Lieutenant John Trippe of Vixen, during the Barbary Wars.

USS MEREDITH was one of the GEARING - class destroyers and the fourth ship in the Navy to bear the name. Decommissioned on June 29, 1979, MEREDITH was transferred to Turkey the same day and recommissioned as SAVASTEPE. There she remained in service until 1994 and was subsequently scrapped.

Hull Number: DD-890 Ship Type: Destroyer This information on the USS MEREDITH comes from a variety of sources ranging from Jane's Fighting Ships to official US Naval (Department of the Navy) documents, materials from sailors and donors to our collection.

Built by Consolidated Steel Corporation in Orange, Texas. Laid down January 27, 1945 as a Gearing-class destroyer. Launched 28 June 1945 as USS Meredith (DD-890) named for U.S. Marine Corps Sgt Jonathan Meredithth, the fourth Navy ship with the name, sponsored by Miss Juliette S. Kopper, great-great-great-grandniece of Sergeant Meredith. Postwar