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Photo # NH 46397:  USS Melville at Queenstown, Ireland, with three destroyers alongside, 1918

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USS Melville (Destroyer Tender # 2, later AD-2) --
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This page features views of USS Melville (Destroyer Tender # 2, later AD-2) in close company with other ships.

For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Melville (Destroyer Tender # 2, later AD-2), 1915-1948.


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    Photo #: NH 46396

    USS Melville
    (Destroyer Tender # 2)

    Tending U.S. Navy destroyers at Queenstown, Ireland, 1917.
    The destroyers present include (from left to right):
    USS Jacob Jones (Destroyer # 61);
    USS Ericsson (Destroyer # 56);
    USS Wadsworth (Destroyer # 60);
    and an unidentified ship.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 77KB; 740 x 510 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 46397

    USS Melville
    (Destroyer Tender # 2), at left

    At Queenstown, Ireland, with three destroyers alongside in 1918, during the British First Sea Lord's visit to the American forces.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 575 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 46200

    USS Melville
    (Destroyer Tender # 2)

    Tending destroyers and submarine chasers at Queenstown, Ireland, in 1918.
    Flying at the peak of her mainmast is the three-star flag of Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander of U.S. Naval Forces Operating in European Waters.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 130KB; 740 x 595 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 77259

    USS McLanahan
    (Destroyer # 264)

    Tied up alongside USS Melville (Destroyer Tender # 2) at San Diego, California, 1919.
    The bow of USS Reno (DD-303) is visible in the right distance.

    Courtesy of Mrs. C.R. DeSpain, 1973. From the scrapbooks of Fred M. Butler.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 39KB; 740 x 425 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 105061

    USS Melville
    (AD-2)

    Approaching the Gatun Locks on 11 June 1927, while transiting the Panama Canal.
    Panoramic photograph by Goldbeck, National Photo Service, 737 East Houston Street, San Antonio, Texas.
    Immediately beyond Melville is the S.S. Edwin Christenson (American Freighter, built in 1918 as S.S. West Wind).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image size: 73KB; 1200 x 245 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 60813

    HMS Exeter
    (British Heavy Cruiser, 1931) --
    by the check mark

    In Balboa Harbor, Panama Canal Zone, 24 April 1934.
    Several U.S. Navy ships are also present, among them (from the front) USS Melville (AD-2) with USS Zane and another destroyer alongside; USS Medusa (AR-1); USS Litchfield (DD-336) and another destroyer; and USS Truxtun (DD-229) and another destroyer.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     

    For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Melville (Destroyer Tender # 2, later AD-2), 1915-1948.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 20 November 2003
    New image added 2 October 2007