USN · DD

Melvin

Photos and info

Afloat

Fletcher-class destroyer.

Fletcher classLaunched 1943-10-17Commissioned 1943-11-24Survived the war. Sold for scrap, 14 August 1975

USN. USS Melvin (DD-680) underway c1943.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Command

WEWarner Ryerson EdsallCaptain, 24 November 1943 – 10 October 1944 BABarry Kennedy AtkinsCaptain from 10 October 1944