Allied Warships

USS Meade (ii) (DD 602)

Destroyer of the Bristol class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassBristol 
PennantDD 602 
Built byBethlehem Steel Corp. (Staten Island, New York, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down25 Mar 1941 
Launched15 Feb 1942 
Commissioned22 Jun 1942 
End service17 Jun 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 17 June 1946.
Stricken 1 January 1971.
Sunk as a target off the coast of Florida 18 February 1973.

 

Commands listed for USS Meade (ii) (DD 602)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Raymond Starr Lamb, USN22 Jun 1942???

2Lt.Cdr Richard Gary Colbert, USNSep 1944

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