U.S.S. Manley (1898)

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U.S.S. Manley (1898)
Hull Number: TB-23
Builder: Yarrow & Company[1]
Purchased: 13 April, 1898[2]
Launched: c. 1894[3]
Commissioned: Never[4]
Stricken: 2 April, 1914[5]
Sold: 21 April, 1920[6]
Fate: Broken up
U.S.S. Manley was a British-built torpedo boat purchased by the U.S. Navy. Though the U.S. Navy did not divide their torpedo boats into classes as in the Royal Navy, if they had the little Manley—only 60'8" long and 30 tons displacement—would have qualified as a second-class torpedo boat.

Construction

This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships

Manley[7] was built on speculation by Yarrow & Co., Ltd., Poplar in the early 1890s, and was launched some time around 1894.[8] After several years without attracting a buyer, she was purchased from Charles R. Flint by the United States Navy on 13 April, 1898. Named Manley, she was brought across the Atlantic aboard a freight steamer, she was delivered to the New York Navy Yard in May 1898.[9]

Service

Upon arrival at New York the Navy was dismayed to find that the Manley's coal capacity was too small for her to work at sea, and that "owing to her peculiar construction the naval service torpedo tubes cannot be placed in her without extensive alterations", although fitting spar torpedos may have been considered. Her speed, 17 knots at best, was also considered inadequate.[10][11][12]

Because of her lack of endurance, she was assigned to the Naval Auxiliary Force as a dispatch vessel. Soon after the end of the war the Manley was laid up in ordinary for repairs on 25 October, 1898. With repairs completed, she left New York for the Naval Academy at Annapolis on 20 April, 1899. After arrival, Manley served as a training ship for the midshipmen until 1914, except for a brief period during 1906 and 1907 when the torpedo boat was assigned to the Reserve Torpedo Flotilla at Norfolk Navy Yard.

On 1 April, 1914, she was placed out of service and the next day was struck from the Navy list. However, she continued to serve as a ferry launch at Annapolis. Renamed Levant on 11 April, 1918 to free the name Manley for the new Destroyer No. 74. Levant was sold on 21 April, 1920 to Jacob Meyer of Catonsville, Maryland.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

  • Nil

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 162.
  2. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 39.
  3. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 39.
  4. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 39.
  5. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 39.
  6. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 39.
  7. ↑ Also apparently spelled Manly according to DANFS.
  8. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 39.
  9. ↑ "Navy Matters." The Iron Age Thursday, May 12, 1898. p. 17.
  10. ↑ "Navy Matters." The Iron Age Thursday, May 12, 1898. p. 17.
  11. ↑ Jaques, Captain William H. (October 1898). "Torpedo-Boats in Modern Warfare". Cassier's Magazine 14 (6): p. 483.
  12. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 39.

Bibliography

  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Friedman, Norman (1985). U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com).
  • Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.


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