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Manning

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ClassBuckley class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-199
BuilderCharleston Navy Yard
Launched1943-06-01
Commissioned1943-10-01
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 15 January 1947. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Turbo-electric destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
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.

Manning
U.S. Navy. USS Manning (DE-199) at anchor at Nouméa, New Caledonia, on 19 February 1944 (80-G-274926).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Manning, hull DE-199, belonged to the Buckley class of destroyer escorts. Charleston Navy Yard laid her down on 15 February 1943 and launched her on 1 June 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 1 October 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant John Irving Mingay.

Her Pacific duty took her to Espiritu Santo, the Caroline Islands, New Guinea, and Humboldt Bay. She was credited with 4 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 15 January 1947. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.