only roundtrip cruise across the Pacific, a good will tour which took her to Samoa, Australia, and New Zealand. On 17 July 1929, Melvin entered the Navy yard at Mare Island, San Francisco, to begin inactivation. On 7 October, in tow of , she headed south on her last voyage to San Diego. Arriving on the 11th, she decommissioned 8 May 1930 and on the 10th was towed back to Mare Island for scrapping. Struck from the Naval Vessel Register 3 November 1930, her materials were sold in the course of the next 2 years. Notes References External links http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/335.htm Clemson-class destroyers Ships built in San Francisco 1921 ships