USS Charles Mann

USS Charles Mann (SP-522), was a United States Navy tug and patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

USS Charles Mann (SP-522) at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, sometime between 1917 and 1919.The USS Constitution is in the background.
History
United States
Name	USS Charles Mann
Namesake	Previous name retained
Completed	1903
Acquired	6[1] or 7[2] June 1917
Commissioned	7 June 1917
Decommissioned	29 November 1919
Fate	27 February 1920
Notes	Operated as commercial tug Charles Mann 1903-1917
General characteristics
Type	Tug and patrol vessel
Tonnage	79 gross register tons
Length	77 ft 7 in (23.65 m)
Beam	21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
Draft	10 ft (3.0 m) aft
Speed	9 knots
Complement	11
Armament	2 × 1-pounder guns

USS Charles Mann (SP-522) in Boston Harbor, Boston, Massachusetts, sometime between 1917 and 1919.

Charles Mann was built as a commercial tug of the same name in 1903 at South Portland, Maine. The U.S. Navy purchased her on 6^[3] or 7^[4] June 1917 for use as a tug and section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Charles Mann (SP-522) on 7 June 1917.

Assigned to the 1st Naval District, Charles Mann carried out patrol duty and conducted towing operations in the Boston, Massachusetts, area for the rest of World War I and into 1919.

Charles Mann was decommissioned on 29 November 1919 and sold on 27 February 1920.