Allied Warships

USS Manley (APD 1)

Destroyer of the Caldwell class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassCaldwell 
PennantAPD 1 
Built byBath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down22 Aug 1916 
Launched23 Aug 1917 
Commissioned15 Oct 1917 
End service19 Nov 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned on 14 June 1922.
Recommissioned on 1 May 1930.
Converted to high speed transport in 1938.
Reclassified APD-1 on 2 August 1940.
Reclassified back to DD-74 on 25 June 1945.
Decommissioned on 19 November 1945.
Stricken on 5 December 1945.
Sold to be broken up for scrap on 26 November 1946.

 

Commands listed for USS Manley (APD 1)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Henry Young McCown, USNMar 1932Jun 1932

2Lt.Cdr. Edward Christian Loughead, USN1940???

3Lt.Cdr. Preston Virginius Mercer, USN1941???

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Noteable events involving Manley include:


11 Apr 1942
USS Manley picks up 290 survivors from the British passenger ship Ulysses that was torpedoed and sunk about 45 miles south of Cape Hatteras in position 34º23'N, 75º35'W by the German submarine U-160.

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