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Manlove

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ClassEvarts class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-36
BuilderMare Island Navy Yard
Launched1943-07-28
Commissioned1943-11-08
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 16 November 1945. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Short-hull destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns and one funnel. No torpedo tubes.
Command

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Manlove
U.S. Navy. USS Manlove (DE-36) at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, in September 1945.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Manlove, hull DE-36, belonged to the Evarts class of destroyer escorts. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her down on 24 February 1943 and launched her on 28 July 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 8 November 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander John Paul Ingle Jr.

Her Pacific duty took her to Majuro, the Marshall Islands, Kwajalein, and the Marianas. She was credited with 5 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 16 November 1945. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.