USS MEREDITH, DD-434 (cont.)

                                            15-18 OCTOBER 1942                                      USS MEREDITH, DD-434 (cont.) In ten minutes, all to be seen of MEREDITH was floating debris, life rafts, and the black heads of sailors bobbing in a thick mat of oil.  VIREO (AT-144) escaped the attack almost unscathed, Read More

USS MEREDITH, DD-434

                                            15-18 OCTOBER 1942                                           USS MEREDITH, DD-434 The Gleaves-class destroyer USS MEREDITH (DD-434) was no stranger to the young War.  After a brief stint in the Atlantic, MEREDITH transferred to the Pacific, where in April 1942 she screened HORNET (CV-8) on the Read More