Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

AD-2 USS Melville

• Melville class Destroyer Tender:
• Displacement: 6,748 tons (full load)
• Length: 417'3"
• Beam: 54'4"
• Draft: 22'
• Speed: 13.5 knots (max); 9 knots (econ)
• Armament: 2 5"/51; 4 3"/50 DP; 2x2 40mm; 8 20mm
• Complement: 397
• Turbine engines, single screw, 4,000 h.p.
• Built at New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J., and commissioned 3 December 1915

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Melville

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