In 1920, Ensign Knefler McGinnis went aboard the destroyer tender USS Melville (AD 2) in San Diego bound for Hawaii. The trip took days as the top speed of the vessel was just 15 knots.

Mr. Saroch enlisted in the Navy in 1937 and was assigned to the USS Melville, a support ship, in San Diego. Then, he attended the old Naval Academy Preparatory School in Norfolk, Virginia ...

Instead of joining the crew of the Arizona, Mr. Malizia spent the war aboard the USS Melville, which supported convoy escort ships in the Atlantic. The Melville also worked with minesweepers and ...

THE United State formally turned over on Tuesday (US time) the research ship USS Melville to the Philippines. The ship was christened BRP Gregorio Vasques (AGR-702) and was assigned to the Navy.