USS Meredith
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Four United States Navy ships have borne the name Meredith, in honor of Jonathan Meredith, a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps during the First Barbary War.
- The first Meredith (DD-165) was a Wickes-class destroyer commissioned 1919 and scrapped in 1936 to comply with the London Naval Treaty.
- The second Meredith (DD-434) was a Gleaves-class destroyer commissioned 1 March 1941 and sunk 15 October 1942.
- The third Meredith (DD-726) was a Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer commissioned 14 March 1944 and sunk 9 June 1944.
- The fourth Meredith (DD-890) was a Gearing-class destroyer commissioned 31 December 1945 and transferred to Turkey as the Savastepe in 1979.
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