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Photo # NH 98937:  USNS Melville off Bay City, Michigan, 9 July 1969

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USNS Melville (T-AGOR-14), 1969-____

USNS Melville, a 1915-ton (full load displacement) oceanographic research ship built at Bay City, Michigan, was completed August 1969. Though owned by the Navy, since entering service she has been operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, a part of the University of California, as the Research Vessel (R/V) Melville. During a career now in its fourth decade, she has cruised over almost all the World's oceans in the pursuit of scientific knowledge. Modernized in the early 1990s, Melville's hull was lengthened, increasing her displacement to 2670 tons (full-load), and a new propulsion system was installed.

USNS Melville was named in honor of Rear Admiral George W. Melville (1841-1912), a noted Arctic explorer and Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering from 1887 to 1903.

This page features the only views we have concerning the oceanographic research ship Melville (T-AGOR-14).


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Photo #: NH 98937

USNS Melville
(T-AGOR-14)

Underway off Bay City, Michigan, 9 July 1969.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 520 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 98938

USNS Melville
(T-AGOR-14)

Underway off Bay City, Michigan, 9 July 1969.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 520 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 98939

USNS Melville
(T-AGOR-14)

Underway off Bay City, Michigan, 9 July 1969.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 64KB; 740 x 525 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 79133

USNS Melville
(T-AGOR-14)
and
USNS Knorr (T-AGOR-15)

Pre-completion artist's conception, circa 1966, depicting the ships' intended appearance and showing the side thrust effect of their cycloidal propulsion system.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 98KB; 740 x 610 pixels

 


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


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