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USS Manila

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Philippines Campaign Medal

Steel-hulled Schooner:

Laid down at Leith, Scotland in 1881, for Spain as a transport

Launched, 1883

Ran aground at Bakor Bay, Philippine Islands, 4 May 1898

Abandoned by the Spanish, taken over by the US Navy

Commissioned, USS Manila, 29 July 1898, LCDR. Frederick Singer in command and assigned to the Asiatic Squadron

During the Philippine Insurrection, 1899-1900, USS Manila participated in the following actions:

**Philippines Campaign**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Bombardment of San Fabian, 7 to 9 November 1899	Luzon Gulf expedition, November 1899
Capture of Zamboanga, 16 November 1899	.

Decommissioned, 1 July 1903, at Navy Yard Mare Island, CA.

Placed in service as a prison ship at Mare Island in 1907

Placed out of service, date unknown

Sold, 7 May 1913, to J.W. Strong, for $7019.16, removed from Mare Island by towing to the Union Iron Works in San Francisco.

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 1,750 t.
Length 226' 9"'
Beam 31' 2"'
Draft 13'
Speed 10 kts.
Complement 102
Armament 2 4" gun mounts, 4-27mm, 2 6-pdrs, 2 25mm
Propulsion coal fired boilers, compound reciprocating steam engine, and sail

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
198k	Broadside view of USS Manila at Mare Island Navy Yard, 20 June 1892. Mare Island Naval Ship Yard photo # MINSY Manila 062002, Navy photo, 6/20/1902	Darryl Baker
3502k	USS Manila (right) and USS Solace (left) moored pierside at Mare Island Navy Yard in September 1899. File name: MINSY Sep 1899 03 Solace AH 2 Manila.	Darryl Baker
371k	USS Manila in dry dock #1 at Navy Yard Mare Island in the early 1900's. A barge which, possibly an ash lighter, is under construction on the dry wall to the right. Mare Island Naval Ship Yard photo # MINSY Manila DD1 c 1907, Navy Photo	Darryl Baker
139k	USS Manila at Mare Island Navy Yard, 18 to 31 July 1913 while serving as a prison ship. Mare Island Naval Shipyard Yard photo # MINSY BK 622 08, Navy Photo 5288, 18-31 July 1913	Darryl Baker
188k	Port side view of USS Manila at Mare Island in 1914 shortly before removal from the yard. Mare Island Naval Ship Yard photo # MINSY Manila c 1914, Navy Photo	Darryl Baker

View the USS Manila
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
Fleet Reserve Association

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