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Specifications: Displacement 3,800 t.; Length 251'; Beam 43' 6"; Draft 17' 9"; Speed 9 kts.; Complement 64; Armament one 5" and one 3".
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58k | Photographed circa 1917. USN Photo NH 101976 |
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Manta
A very large ray, sometimes called a devilfish.
[The first] Manta (No. 2036), originally built for the Clyde Steamship Co., was launched in 1916 by the Chicago Ship Building Co., South Chicago, Ill.; and acquired and commissioned by the Navy 8 December 1917.
Manta, a NOTS cargo ship, plied the waters of the eastern Atlantic and the Caribbean until mid-July 1918. She then conducted two round-trip voyages to Europe as a mine carrier. On 30 October 1918 during the second return voyage, she was damaged in a storm and was towed to Norfolk. After extensive repairs she was decommissioned 13 March 1919 and returned to her owner.
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