USS Meredith (DD-434)
USS Meredith (DD-434), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Jonathan Meredith, a United States Marine Corps Sergeant who served during the First Barbary War.
Meredith was laid down 1 June 1939 by Boston Naval Shipyard; launched 24 April 1940; sponsored by Miss Ethel Dixon Meredith, and commissioned 1 March 1941, Lieutenant Commander William F. Mendenhall, Jr., in command.
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“Meredith: I think we ought to get married. We don’t fight, we love it in bed, and—well, that’s about it, really.
Jos:You must be pregnant.
Meredith: Yes.”
—Margaret Forster, British screenwriter, Peter Nichols, and Silvio Narizzano. Meredith (Charlotte Rampling)