Four United States Navy ships have borne the name Meredith, in honor of Jonathan Meredith. , was a commissioned in 1919 and scrapped in 1936 , was a commissioned 1 March 1941 and sunk 15 October 1942 , was an commissioned 14 March 1944 and sunk 9 June 1944 , was a commissioned 31 December 1945 and transferred to Turkey in 1979 United States Navy ship names