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USS Meade (DD-274)
Clemson-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Meade and HMS Ramsey.
The first USS Meade (DD-274) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy and transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Ramsey (G60).
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Name | USS Meade |
Namesake | Richard Worsam Meade and Robert Leamy Meade |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard |
Laid down | 23 September 1918 |
Launched | 24 May 1919 |
Commissioned | 8 September 1919 |
Decommissioned | 18 December 1939 |
Stricken | 8 January 1941 |
Identification | DD-274 |
Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom, 26 November 1940 |
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Name | HMS Ramsey |
Acquired | 26 November 1940 |
Identification | Pennant number: G60 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 18 February 1947 |
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Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,190 long tons (1,209 t) |
Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
Installed power | 26,500 shp (19,800 kW) |
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Speed | 35 kn (40 mph; 65 km/h) |
Range | 4,900 nmi (5,600 mi; 9,100 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
Complement | 120 officers and enlisted |
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