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USCGC Manning (CG 2)



Call sign (1919):
George - Vice - Fox - King

ex-USRC Manning

Coast Guard Cutter:

  • The first Manning was built in 1898 by the Atlantic Works, East Boston, MA
  • Commissioned USRC Manning 8 January 1898
  • Acquired by the Navy 24 March 1898
  • Returned to the Revenue Cutter Service 17 August 1898
  • Acquired by the Navy again 6 April 1917
  • Returned to the Coast Guard 28 August 1919
  • Decommissioned 22 May 1930
  • Sold in December 1930 to Charles L. Jording of Baltimore, MD
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 1,150 t.
    1919 - 1,155 t.
  • Length 205'
  • Beam 32'
  • Draft 13' 9"
    1919 - 17' 11"
  • Speed 15 kts.
  • Complement 75
    1918 - 105
    1919 - 73
  • Armament: Four 6-pounder rapid fire guns
    1918 - Four 4"/50 mounts and two machine guns
  • Propulsion: Two Babcock and Wilcox boilers, one 1,800hp verticle triple-expansion steamengine, one shaft and sails.
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    Manning
    Manning 134k Photo by C. B. Webster and Co., Boston Coast Guard web site
    USRC Manning
    Manning 83k May 12 1898, USS Manning in engagement off Cabanas, Cuba. This is the only photo the Coast Guard Historian's Office has on file showing a cutter in combat during the Spanish American War.Property of Lieut. G. L. Carden, R.C.S., Lotos Club, 558 Fifth Ave., New York City. Photo No. MVF-152 #10, Acc. 526 Coast Guard website
    USS Manning
    Manning 61k Older type cutter, the U.S.S. 'Manning' C.G. Coast Guard website
    Manning 113k In New York Harbor; circa 1898-1899
    Photo by Hart
    Naval Historical Center photo NH 46627
    Manning 97k Photo from U.S. Warships of World War I, by P.H. Silverstone Robert Hurst
    USCGC Manning
    Manning 245k Photo by J. B. Weed from the collection of Arthur Heinickle David Rasmusson
    Manning 45k Photo from the 1919 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships Robert Hurst
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