SMY10 USS Melville (AD 2) USN Destroyer Tender.  Built 1913-1915 New York Shipbldg; 7150 tons displ. 417.25x54.5x20 feet; SHP 4000=15 kts; (as built) 8x5"/51 + 1x3"/25. guns.  WWI: Europe 1917-19 + support NC-4 transatlantic flight.  1919-Jan 1941 Flt Train, Pacific; WWII: 1941-July 1945 Atlantic flight Iceland, Brazil, UK (Londonderry & Portsmouth for D-Day); July-Oct 1945; stricken/scrapped 1947-48.