USS Meade (DD-274)

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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).

USS Meade
History
United States
NameUSS Meade
NamesakeRichard Worsam Meade and Robert Leamy Meade
BuilderBethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard
Laid down23 September 1918
Launched24 May 1919
Commissioned8 September 1919
Decommissioned18 December 1939
Stricken8 January 1941
IdentificationDD-274
FateTransferred to United Kingdom, 26 November 1940
United Kingdom
NameHMS Ramsey
Acquired26 November 1940
IdentificationPennant number: G60
FateSold for scrap, 18 February 1947
General characteristics
Class and typeClemson-class destroyer
Displacement1,190 long tons (1,209 t)
Length314 ft 5 in (95.83 m)
Beam31 ft 8 in (9.65 m)
Draft9 ft 4 in (2.84 m)
Installed power26,500 shp (19,800 kW)
Propulsion
Speed35 kn (40 mph; 65 km/h)
Range4,900 nmi (5,600 mi; 9,100 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Complement120 officers and enlisted
Armament

Service history

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As USS Meade

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Named for brothers Richard Worsam Meade and Robert Leamy Meade, she was laid down by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum, Massachusetts, on 23 September 1918; launched on 24 May 1919; sponsored by Miss Annie Paulding Meade; and commissioned at Boston, Massachusetts, on 8 September 1919.

After shakedown along the east coast, Meade was assigned to duty with the Pacific Fleet. For more than two years afterward, she operated out of west coast ports including San Diego, California and San Francisco, California while participating in fleet and squadron maneuvers. After duty with several destroyer divisions, she decommissioned at San Diego on 25 May 1922 and was placed in reserve.

Meade recommissioned at San Diego on 18 December 1939. After returning to the east coast in 1940, she served with ships of Destroyer Squadron 9 (DesRon 9) of the United States Fleet.

As HMS Ramsey

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In accordance with provisions of the Destroyers for Bases Agreement of September 1940, Meade was designated one of the 50 destroyers to be transferred to Britain. She was decommissioned from the USN and turned over to the British on 26 November 1940. Renamed HMS Ramsey (G60), she served the Royal Navy in the North Atlantic and later performed duty as an aircraft training ship. She completed her service on 30 June 1945 and was scrapped in July 1947 at Bo'ness, Scotland.

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