USS Melvin (DD-680) [SEP] vessel class
USS Melvin (DD-680)
USS "Melvin" (DD-680), a "Fletcher"-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant, junior grade John T. Melvin (1887–1917).
"Melvin" was laid down on 6 July 1943 by Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, in Kearny, N.J.; launched on 17 October 1943, sponsored by Miss Gertrude C. Bailey, grandniece of Lieutenant Melvin; and commissioned on 24 November 1943, with Commander Warner R. Edsall in command.
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- USS "McNair" (DD-679)
- USS "Melvin" (DD-680)
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- USS "Ingraham" (DD-694)
- USS "Cooper" (DD-695)
- USS "English" (DD-696)
- USS "Charles S. Sperry" (DD-697)
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