Photos and the story

Melvin

Class	Fletcher class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Hull	DD-680
Launched	1943-10-17
Commissioned	1943-11-24
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war. Sold for scrap, 14 August 1975
Armament (class)	Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes.
Command	Edsall, Warner Ryerson Captain, 24 November 1943 – 10 October 1944 Atkins, Barry Kennedy Captain from 10 October 1944

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

USS Melvin (DD-680) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was launched on 17 October 1943 and commissioned on 24 November 1943. Warner Ryerson Edsall was her captain from the commissioning day until 10 October 1944.

Barry Kennedy Atkins took command on 10 October 1944. Fifteen days later, with Atkins as captain, Melvin entered the Battle of Surigao Strait. On 25 October 1944 she was in the destroyer torpedo attack, the part she played in that battle. Melvin survived the war. The hull was sold for scrap on 14 August 1975.

The pictures on this page are the originals.