CRANE, Ind., Sept. 23 -- Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news release:
Long before Navy engineers developed prototypes, tested new materials or integrated emerging technologies into the fleet, Rear Adm. George W. Melville built a career around a familiar engineering challenge: finding solutions when established ones did not yet exist.
Today, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division recognizes that spirit through the Rear Adm. George W. Melville Award. The award honors outstanding engineering contributions in the research and development of materials, devices, systems or methods, including the design, development and integration of prototypes and new processes.
Born in New York City in 1841, Melville entered the Nav...