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Photo # 19-N-30808:  USS Meade ready for launching, 15 February 1942

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Meade (DD-602), 1942-1973 --
Construction, 1941-1942

USS Meade was the third of five Benson class destroyers constructed between late 1940 and mid-1942 at the Bethlehem Steel Company's Staten Island, New York, shipyard. Her keel was laid on 25 March 1941 and she was launched on 15 February 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Moray Nairne Woottan. The ship was placed in commission at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, on 22 June 1942.

This page features all the views we have concerning the construction of USS Meade (DD-602).

For more views related to this ship, see:

  • USS Meade (DD-602), 1942-1973.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: 19-N-30822

    USS Meade (DD-602)


    Under construction at the Bethlehem Steel Company shipyard, Staten Island, New York, 6 June 1941.
    This view looks aft along the ship's keel, with some bottom plating in place and a bulkhead erected amidships.

    Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 132KB; 690 x 635 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 19-N-30835

    USS Meade (DD-602)


    Under construction at the Bethlehem Steel Company shipyard, Staten Island, New York, 6 January 1942.
    Snow is visible on the shipyard grounds and scaffolding.

    Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 181KB; 630 x 715 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 19-N-30808

    USS Meade (DD-602)


    Ready for launching, at the Bethlehem Steel Company shipyard, Staten Island, New York, 15 February 1942.

    Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 124KB; 740 x 610 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 19-N-30817

    USS Meade (DD-602)

    Meade's Sponsor, Mrs. Moray Nairne Wootton, prepares to christen the ship, during launching ceremonies at the Bethlehem Steel Company shipyard, Staten Island, New York, 15 February 1942.

    Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 108KB; 740 x 610 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 19-N-30805

    USS Meade (DD-602)


    Afloat immediately after her launching, at the Bethlehem Steel Company shipyard, Staten Island, New York, 15 February 1942.
    The keel of USS Brownson (DD-518) is being laid on the slipway just vacated by Meade.

    Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 111KB; 740 x 610 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     

    For more views related to this ship, see:

  • USS Meade (DD-602), 1942-1973.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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