USS Manley (DD-74)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Manley.
USS Manley (DD-74/AG-28/APD-1), a Caldwell-class destroyer, served in the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship named for Captain John Manley (c.1733–1793).
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Name | Manley |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 22 August 1916 |
Launched | 23 August 1917 |
Commissioned | 15 October 1917 |
Decommissioned | 14 June 1922 |
Recommissioned | 1 May 1930 |
Decommissioned | 19 November 1945 |
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Stricken | 5 December 1945 |
Honors and awards | 5 battle stars & Navy Unit Commendation (World War II) |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 26 November 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Caldwell-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,125 long tons (1,143 t) |
Length | 315 ft 6 in (96.16 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 3 in (9.53 m) |
Draft | 8 ft 1 in (2.46 m) |
Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
Complement | 100 officers and enlisted |
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Manley was laid down on 22 August 1916 by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; launched on 23 August 1917; sponsored by Miss Dorothy S. Sewall; and commissioned on 15 October 1917. She was redesignated DD-74 on 17 July 1920.