| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer tender |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | AD 2 |
| Built by | New York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 11 Nov 1913 |
| Launched | 2 Mar 1915 |
| Commissioned | 3 Dec 1915 |
| End service | 19 Aug 1946 |
| History | Displacement: 7150 BRT Decommissioned on 9 August 1946 |
Commands listed for USS Melville (AD 2)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lapham Edward Benjamin, USN | 11 Jun 1938 | 23 May 1940 |
| 2 | Cdr. William John Larson, USN | 23 May 1940 | 27 Dec 1940 |
| 3 | Cdr. Lewis Joseph Stecher, USN | 27 Dec 1940 | 20 Dec 1942 |
| 4 | T/Cdr. Rony Snyder, USN | 20 Dec 1942 | 7 Mar 1944 |
| 5 | T/Cdr. Francis Taylor, USN | 7 Mar 1944 | 7 Nov 1944 |
| 6 | Lt.Cdr. Paul Eugene Howard, USN | 7 Nov 1944 | 9 Aug 1946 |
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