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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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