Antique Real Photo Postcard, circa 1920s. Identified as the USS Melville (AD-2) in Panama. Card No. 126. Divided back, AZO stampbox, unused. Condition: This is an original photo postcard, not a copy or reproduction. It is in excellent condition with handwriting in top white margin identifying the location. Comments: USS Melville (AD-2) was a United States Navy destroyer tender that saw service in both World Wars. Laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey, on 11 November 1913, she was launched on 2 March 1913, sponsored by Miss Helen W. Neel, granddaughter of Rear Admiral George W. Melville; and was first commissioned on 3 December 1915, Comdr. Henry Bertram Price in command.