on 4 November. At San Diego on 31 May 1946, she was decommissioned and joined the Pacific Reserve Fleet. 1951-1954 Melvin recommissioned on 26 February 1951 and sailed on 1 June for Newport, R.I. to join the Atlantic Fleet's DesRon 24, bolstering the 2nd and 6th Fleets so that they could spare destroyers for the U.N. effort in South Korea. For 2½ years, she cruised off the US east coast and in the Caribbean Sea, deploying to the Mediterranean Sea from 22 April to 8 October 1952 and 22 April to 6 June 1953. On 13 January 1954, she decommissioned again and joined the Reserve Fleet at Charleston, South Carolina, remaining there until 1960, when she was reassigned to the Philadelphia Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Melvin was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 December 1974, sold on 14 August 1975 and broken up for scrap. Awards Melvin received 10 battle stars for World War II service. Earned the name The Blue Devil from the Japanese navy during World War II References External links navsource.org: USS Melvin hazegray.org: USS Melvin World War II destroyers of the United States Cold War destroyers of the United States Ships built in Kearny, New Jersey 1943 ships Fletcher-class destroyers of the United States Navy