U.S.S. Melville
AD-2
1938
(Saratoga Model Yard SMY-10)
- Class: Melville - 1 destroyer tender of 1915
- Displacement: 7,150 tons
- Dimensions: 400 (wl) 417.25 (oa) x 54.5 x 20 ft.
- Machinery: 1-shaft geared turbine, S.H.P. 4,000 = 15 knots
- Armament: 8-5"/51, 1-3"/25 AA guns
- Complement: 397
- Builder: New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey
- Laid down: 11 Nov 1913
- Launched: 2 Mar 1915
- Commissioned: 3 Dec 1915
- Decommissioned: 9 Aug 1946
- Notes: Stationed in Europe 1917-1919 during WW1. Supported NC-4 transatlantic flight in 1919. From 1919 to Jan 1941 part of the Fleet Train, Pacific. Moved to Atlantic Fleet 1941 and stationed in Iceland, Brazil, Londonderry, and Portsmouth through Jul 1945. Scrapped 1948.
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