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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
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Last updated:
March 16, 2001