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Naval Historical Center #54480
| Tonnage | 1125 tons standard displacement |
| Dimensions | 315'6" by 31'3" by 8'1" 96.1m by 9.53m by 2.46m |
| Maximum speed
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30 knots |
| Complement | 100 |
| Armament | 4 4"/50 guns 2 37mm gun 2 0.30 machine guns 12 21" torpedo tubes Depth charges |
| Machinery |
2-shaft Parsons geared turbines (18,500
shp) 4 White-Foster boilers |
| Bunkerage |
290 tons |
| Modifications |
Manley was converted to a destroyer-transport by removing one of the 4" guns and all of the torpedo tubes. By the end of the Pacific War, her armament was 3 4"/50 guns, 2 40mm Bofors AA guns, 5 20mm Oerlikon AA guns, one depth charge rack and four depth charge throwers. She had davits for four LCP(L). |
The Caldwells were
the immediate predecessors of the Wickes class.
The design dated to 1913 and reflected experience with the
"thousand-tonners" then joining the fleet, which were proving
unsatisfactory. The new design was notable for the use of a flush deck
that gave
them great hull strength, allowing a beamier, shallower hull form that
retained high speed while reducing rolling and pitching. The
machinery varied considerably from unit to unit, two of the ships
having three rather than two shafts.
Only a few units were still in service when war broke out in the Pacific. Those not converted to destroyer-transports had been given to Britain in the destroyers-for-bases deal of 1940.
| Manley
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Arrived
1942-7-13 |
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