Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Melville, in honor of George W. Melville, an engineer and arctic explorer.
, was a destroyer tender, launched in 1913 and struck in 1947 , is a oceanographic research ship, launched in 1968 and chartered to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography for operation as RV Melville. She is currently in active service at the Philippines hydrographic office.