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USS Manila

1913 International Radio Call Sign:
Nan - Jig - Mike NJM

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Philippines Campaign Medal

Steel-hulled Schooner:

Laid down in 1881, at Ramage & Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd., Scotland as the Spanish transport Carriedo

Launched, 8 August 1883

Completed in 1883 and delivered to J. Reys, as SS Carriedo

Acquired in 1886 by the Spanish government, renamed Manila

Intentionally ran aground and abandoned by her Spanish crew.(Modern spelling of Bakor Bay is Bacoor 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:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Philippines Campaign
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.

Registered to J. Woolworth Strong, San Francisco CA as Manila (ON 212856)

1920: registered to Toong Yue, Shanghai as Wanli

Final Disposition, sunk in collision, 21 May 1923, with the steamer Teli at Tsin Shan Tei, Shantung Peninsula

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	198k	Broadside view of USS Manila at Mare Island Navy Yard, 20 June 1902. Yard logs record *Manila's arrival at Mare Island Navy Yard 20 June 1902. 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, circa June-September 1902. File name: MINSY Sep 1902 03 Solace AH 2 Manila.	Darryl Baker
	154k	USS Manila at Mare Island Navy Yard, in 1902. Note hand carts on pier, and old cannon buried to act as a bollard in foreground US Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. NH 76110 from the William H. Topley Collection.	Darryl Baker
	190k	USS Manila at Mare Island Navy Yard, in 1902, looking forward from the forecastle. Note heads in center, and winch at left. US Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. NH 76111 from the William H. Topley Collection.	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
	161k	USS Manila out of commission at the Mare Island Navy Yard after 1902. She may have been in use as a prison ship at this time. US Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. NH 494	Mike Green
094690209	273k	Prison ship USS Manila at the head of the pier in Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., where the Norwegian exploring ship *GJoa* sits on the mud inboard of the receiving ship USS Independence which was proving security. *GJoa's crew returned to Norway leaving their ship behind with an unknown future, circa 1907. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 51106*	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
	554k	USS Manila and possibly USS Mars (Collier No. 6) and several unidentified ships form the backdrop as submarine *USS K-8* (SS-39)** arrives at Mare Island on her commissioning day, 1 December 1914.	Darryl Baker
094690210	96k	USS Manila while serving as a prison ship at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA. between 1907 and 1913.	David Wright
	169k	USS Manila at Mare Island Navy Yard, in 1914 just before removal from the yard. US Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. NH 46625	Mike Green

USS Manila
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