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USS Manning (DE 199)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - Z - G - Q

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal
Second Row: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 4 stars - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Ribbon

Specifications:
Class: Buckley
Type: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1400 tons (light), 1740 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 9" (extreme)
Draft: 10' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 kts
Range: 6,000 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1), 1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Complement: 15 / 198

Manning (DE 199) Building and Operational Data:

15 February 1943: Keel laid by the Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.

01 June 1943: Launched

01 October 1943: Christened by sponsor by Mrs. J. H. Hughes; Commissioned, Lt. John I. Mingay in command

15 January 1947: Decommissioned at San Diego, Cal. after 3 years and 3½ months of service, having steamed 101,000 miles and destroying one Japanese bomber

20 February 1947: Inactivation completed at San Diego, Cal., assigned to Submarine Group Two, San Diego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet

31 July 1968: Struck from the NVR while mothballed at Bremerton, Wash.

27 October 1969: Sold for scrapping to the National Metal & Steel Co., Terminal Island, San Pedro, Cal.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0619901	231k	01 October 1943: The christening of USS *Manning* (DE 199). The sponsor was Mrs. J. H. Hughes, the widow of a WWI Marine and the mother of five service men. According to the information on the back of the photo, the christening was part of *Manning*'s commissioning ceremony on the first of October.	S. Dale Hargrave Newport News, Va.
0619904	128k	19 February 1944: Nouméa, New Caledonia - From 10 to 17 February 1944 *Manning* was anchored in Great Road Harbor undergoing voyage repairs. She was repainted and camouflaged in Measure 32 Design 13-D. She got underway on the 18th, and proceeded to the outer harbor where she swung the ship to recalibrate her magnetic compasses. She returned to her anchorage in the harbor where this photo was taken on the 19 of February. She got underway on the 20th of February in company with USS Lovelace (DE 198) to proceed to Espiritu Santo via the Havannah passage. (U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo #80-G-274926, courtesy of the late C. Lee Johnson (USNDazzle.com) from the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.)	Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
0619903	19k	undated wartime image	Jerry Church

Manning History
View the USS Manning (DE 199) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
View the official War History of USS Manning as submitted by the ship at war's end.

Manning's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 01 Oct. 1943 - 20 Feb. 1945	Lcdr. John Irving Mingay, USNR (Comm. CO) (Minneapolis, Minn.)
2.) 20 Feb. 1945 - 03 Nov. 1945	Lcdr. Albert William Carlson Jr., USNR (Fresno, Cal.)
3.) 03 Nov. 1945 - 25 Jan. 1946	Lcdr. Edward G. Fitzpatrick, USNR (Braintree, Mass.)
4.) 25 Jan. 1946 - 04 Apr. 1946	Lt. Charles Henderson Jr., USNR
5.) 01 Jun. 1946 - 01 Sep. 1946	Lcdr. Richard E. Farwell, USNR
6.) 01 Sep. 1946 - 15 Jan. 1947	Lt. Victor Shouldice (Decomm. CO)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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