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USS Meredith, a 2200-ton Allen M. Sumner class destroyer built at Bath, Maine, was commissioned in mid-March 1944. She escorted a convoy to the British Isles in May, then joined the forces preparing for the invasion of Normandy. On "D-Day", 6 June 1944, she escorted transports to the landing area and provided gunfire support. While operating off "Utah" Beach on 8 June, Meredith was badly damaged, by a mine according to some sources, though others give the cause as a German glide bomb. As salvage efforts were underway on 9 June, the ship suddenly broke in two and sank.
This page features all the views we have related to USS Meredith (DD-726).
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Photo #: NH 89423 USS Meredith (DD-726) Underway at sea, 16 April 1944. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 3D. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute Photograph Collection, Annapolis, Maryland. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 135KB; 740 x 615 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 89424 USS Meredith (DD-726) Off the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, 29 March 1944. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 3D. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute Photograph Collection, Annapolis, Maryland. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 595 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 89425 USS Meredith (DD-726) Off the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, 29 March 1944. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 3D. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute Photograph Collection, Annapolis, Maryland. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 69KB; 740 x 610 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 84817 USS Meredith (DD-726) Launching, at the Bath Iron Works shipyard, Bath, Maine, 21 December 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 135KB; 645 x 675 pixels |
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In addition to the view referenced above, the National Archives appears to hold at least one other photograph of USS Meredith (DD-726). The following listing describes this image:
The image listed below is NOT in the
Naval Historical Center's collections.
DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our
page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".
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USS Meredith (DD-726) in Massachusetts Bay on 31 March 1944, moving very slowly, if at all. Photographed from an aircraft based at Naval Air Station South Weymouth, Massachusetts. Port bow aerial view.
Reproductions of this image should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical Center. The image listed above is NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions". |
| If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
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