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Jonathan Meredith was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania about 1772. He enlisted in the Marine Corps on 6 June 1803 and was promoted to sergeant 1 August of that same year. During an engagement in the harbor of Tripoli on 3 August 1805, Sergeant Meredith saved the life of Lt. John Trippe of Vixen, who with a party of nine men had boarded a Tripolitan ship. Heavily outnumbered, the boarding party fought a fierce hand-to-hand combat, in which Trippe was severely wounded; Meredith protected him from what would have been the final blow. Four days later Meredith was killed in the explosion of Gunboat No. 3 during a similar attack against the Tripolitans. | Robert M. Cieri |
| 95k | Artist's conception of the Meredith as she appeared after FRAM I overhaul by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource. | Navy Yard Associates |
| 110k | Undated photo by Bill Wozniak taken from USS Yellowstone (AD-27), destroyers from the left are unidentified, USS Cone (DD-866), unidentified, USS Meredith (DD-890), USS Dyess (DD-880) and USS Bordelon (DD-881) at the French naval port of Mers el-Kébir, near Oran (French Algeria). | Rick Rowan |
| 82k | Undated, location unknown. | - |
| 86k | Brooklyn Navy yard, March 28 1947. | Pieter Bakels |
| 73k | Western Mediterranean September 1949. | Marc Piché |
| 42k | Circa 1952, location unknown. | Robert Hurst |
| 175k | Taken during the Med Cruise of Feb to Jun 1956. | P Smith |
| 93k | USS Meredith DD 890 at Palma Majorca, Spain 1965. | Sheridan Carey |
| 49k | Off Mayport 1966 | Captain John C. Ruff USN (Ret) Operations Officer 1965-1967 |
| 59k | Off Mayport 1966 | Captain John C. Ruff USN (Ret) Operations Officer 1965-1967 |
| 74k | Off Mayport 1966 | Captain John C. Ruff USN (Ret) Operations Officer 1965-1967 |
| 54k | Off Mayport 1966 | Captain John C. Ruff USN (Ret) Operations Officer 1965-1967 |
| 54k | Off Mayport 1966 | Captain John C. Ruff USN (Ret) Operations Officer 1965-1967 |
| 108k | USS Meredith DD 890 at Pireaus, Greece circa 1966. | Sheridan Carey |
| 67k | Yellow Sea, April 30 1969 | © Richard Leonhardt |
| 89k | A dolphin leads the way for USS Meredith (DD-890) off Puerto Rico, during Operation Computex last year. Photo by PH1 Terry C. Mitchell. From ALL HANDS magazine February 1978. | © Richard Leonhardt |
| 43k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski |
On Turkish Service
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| 31k | As the TCG SAVASTEPE D348 | Murat Kurtulmus |
| 64k | Underway November 4 1985, location unknown. | Robert Hurst |
To Turkey June 29 1979, renamed Savastepe.
