USNS Melville (AGOR 14) on 9 July 1969.
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Class: MELVILLE (AGOR 14)
Design: SCB 710.66 #
Displacement (tons): 1,520 light, 1,915 full
Dimensions (feet): 245' oa, 220' wl x 46' e/wl x 16' max nav
Original armament: 4-5"/38
Later armaments: (19xx) 4-20mm
Complement: accommodations for 36 officers and 33 enlisted
Speed (kts.): ##.#
Propulsion (HP): #,###
Machinery: Diesel, 3 propellers
Construction:
| AGOR | Name | Ord | Builder | Keel | Launch | Svc |
| 14 | MELVILLE | 30 Sep 1966 | Defoe | 12 Jul 1967 | 10 Jul 1968 | 27 Aug 1969 |
| 15 | KNORR | 30 Sep 1966 | Defoe | 9 Aug[Sep] 1967 | 21 Aug 1968 | 14 Jan 1970 |
| 19 | unnamed | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 20 | unnamed | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Disposition:
| AGOR | Name | T | Inact | Strike | Disposal | Fate | MA Sale |
| 14 | MELVILLE | T | DECOM | 24 Oct 2014 | 12 Jan 2016 | Trf | -- |
| 15 | KNORR | T | DECOM | 31 Dec 2014 | 12 Nov 2015 | Trf | -- |
| 19 | unnamed | T | -- | -- | 24 Feb 1969 | Canc. | -- |
| 20 | unnamed | T | -- | -- | 24 Feb 1969 | Canc. | -- |
Class Notes:
Listed as SCB 710.66 but were radically different from AGOR 12-13 (SCB 710.65) in many ways including their use of cycloidal propellers, one forward and one [two?] aft.
Ship Notes:
| AGOR | Name | MA | Notes |
| 14 | MELVILLE | FY 1966. Loaned to Scripps Institute of Oceanography. To Philippines as GREGORIO VELASQUEZ (AGR 702) | |
| 15 | KNORR | FY 1966. Loaned to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. To Mexico as RIO TECOLUTLA (BI 08) | |
| 19 | unnamed | FY 1968. | |
| 20 | unnamed | FY 1968. |
Page Notes:
Compiled: 19 Oct 2021
© Stephen S. Roberts, 2021
Sources: DB, Maroon