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USS Manley (APD-1)
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AG-28 - (1938 - 1940)
DD-74 - (1919 - 1938)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - Delta - Papa
 NIDP
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - Navy Unit Commendation - World War I Victory Medal (with Destroyer clasp)
Second Row - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal
Caldwell Class Destroyer:
  • Laid down, 22 April 1913, at Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME.
  • Launched, 28 August 1917
  • Commissioned, USS Manley (Destroyer No. 74), 15 October 1917, CDR. Robert L. Berry, in command
  • Designated (DD-74), 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned, 14 June 1922
  • Recommissioned, 1 May 1930
  • Reclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG-28), 28 November 1938
  • Converted to a High-speed Transport and redesignated (APD-1), 2 August 1940
  • During WWII Manley was assigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Capture and Defense of Guadalcanal Leyte operation
    Marshall Islands operation Okinawa Gunto operation
    Marianas operation .

  • Reverted to (DD-74), 23 June 1945
  • Decommissioned, 19 November 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 6 December 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping to Northern Metal Co., Philadelphia PA,. 26 November 1946
  • Manley was awarded a Navy Unit Commendation and five battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,126 t
    Length 315' 6"
    Beam 31' 3"
    Draft 8' 7"
    Speed 36 kts.
    Complement 100
    Boats four LCP(L) landing craft
    Armament
    three single 4"/50 cal. gun mounts
    two 40mm AA gun mounts
    five 20mm AA gun mounts
    one depth charge rack
    four depth charge projectors
    Propulsion two geared turbines, twin shafts, 18,500 shp.
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    USS Manley (AG-28)
    Manley 110k USS Manley (AG-28) in 1938 after a partial conversion to carry a landing force. Manley later underwent an additional conversion which included removal of her two forward stacks. She was then redesignated High-speed Transport (APD-1), 2 August 1940.
    US Navy photo from DANFS    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
    USS Manley (APD-1)
    Manley 93k USS Manley (APD-1) in the Cape Cod Canal, 23 September 1940.
    US Navy photo from DANFS    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
    Manley 104k USS Manley (APD-1), date and location unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    Manley 35k USS Manley (APD-1) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, October 1947    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
    Manley 72k USS Manley (APD-1) (plan view - aft) moored pierside, Hunters Point Navy Yard, San Francisco, CA., 30 July 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 5523-43, 7/30/43.    		 Darryl Baker
    Manley 71k USS Manley (APD-1) (plan view - forward) moored pierside, Hunters Point Navy Yard, San Francisco, CA., 30 July 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 5524-43, 7/30/43.    		 Darryl Baker
    Manley 65k USS Manley (APD-1) (broadside view) underway in San Francisco Bay off Hunters Point Navy Yard., 30 July 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 5528-43, 7/30/43.    		 Darryl Baker
    Manley 58k USS Manley (APD-1) (bow on view) underway in San Francisco Bay off Hunters Point Navy Yard, 30 July 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 553043, 7/30/43.    		 Darryl Baker
    Manley 75k USS Manley (APD-1) at anchor, date and locaiton unknown.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-67743, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 Tracy White
    Bureau of Ships Camouflage Schemes Intended for Manley Class High-speed Transports
    Measure 31 Design 12T approved by CAPT. Torvald A. Solberg, USN, dated 18 August 1944
    Measure 31 Design 20T approved by CDR. Wallace S. Newton, USN, dated 18 August 1944
    Measure 31 Design 15T
    Official U.S. Navy Photographs, now in the collections of the National Archives.
    Submitted by Paul Rebold
    Manley
    Measure 31 Design 12T
    Starboard side,
    superstructure ends and exposed decks
    Photo # 80-G-172536
         		Manley
    Measure 31 Design 12T
    Port side
    Photo # 80-G-172537         		Manley
    Measure 31 Design 20T
    Starboard side
    Photo # 80-G-177467
         		Manley
    Measure 31 Design 20T
    Port side
    Photo # 80-G-177468
         		Manley
    Measure 31 Design 15T
    Port and
    Starboard sides
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    American APD Corporation
    Four Stack APD Veterans

    Contact: CWO3 Curt Clark Secretary/Treasurer
    Address: 3384 Grim Ave., San Diego, CA 92104
    Phone: 619-282-0971
    E-mail: apdsec@cox.net
    Reunion Schedule
    2008 Reno, Nevada. Site and date to be determined
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    "The Green Dragons" Four-stack APD destroyer-transports in World War Two
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