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65k | John Manley of Boston, born circa 1733, was selected for command of schooner Lee 24 October 1775. As Captain of Lee, on 28 November he captured one of the most valuable prizes of the Revolutionary War—British brigantine Nancy carrying much ordnance and military stores for British troops in Boston that proved invaluable to Washington’s army. For his “great vigilance and industry,” Manley was appointed commodore in January 1776 of “Washington’s fleet,” a group of small armed ships fitted out by him to harass the British and to seize supply vessels. Commissioned captain in the Continental Navy 17 April 1776, he sailed in Hancock until the frigate and her prize, HMS frigate Fox, were taken in July 1777. Imprisoned in New York until March 1778, he then entered privateer service to command Marlborough, Cumberland, and a prize, HMS Jason, until 1782, except for two more periods of imprisonment, one for 2 years in Mill Prison, England. On 11 September 1782, he returned to the Navy with command of frigate Hague. On a West Indies voyage he made a spectacular escape from a superior naval force; and, in January 1783, took the last significant prize of the war, Baille. Regarded as one of the outstanding captains of the young Navy, he had captured 10 prizes singlehanded and participated in the seizure of five others. Captain Manley died in Boston in 1793. | Robert M. Cieri |
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117k | Undated image of her stern, Note design difference between Manley and Fairfax DD-93 Moored alongside. | USN |
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144k | Undated, location unknown. | Curt Clark, The Four Stack APD Veterans |
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121k | Christmas card view from the Panama Canal, undated. | Chuk Munson |
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75k | Undated, location unknown. | Paul Rebold |
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80k | Undated, location unknown. | Paul Rebold |
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32k | Undated ship recognition card. | Tommy Trampp |
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189k | Undated, location unknown. Hanging out the wash. | Ed Zajkowski/Robert Hurst |
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38k | In Camouflage paint prior to losing her stem - Circa 1918. | Joe Radigan |
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80k | USS Manley (Destroyer # 74) shows her Wearing World War I pattern camouflage, prior to the 19 March 1918 accidental depth charge explosion that wrecked her stern. Courtesy of Chief Warrant Officer Keith L. Anderson, USNR (Retired), Captain John D. Brown, USN (Retired) and Edward H. Peters, 1964. | Paul Rebold/Robert Hurst |
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184k | Stern view of the damage caused by the accidental detonation of her depth charges, USS Manley (DD 74) at Queenstown, Ireland in 1918. Photo from the collection of Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker |
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220k | NH 46654. March 19 1918, in drydock at Birkenhead, England for repairs from an accidental depth charge explosion. | Ed Zajkowski |
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117k | USS Manley (DD-74) in dry dock at Birkenhead, England, March 19, 1918. The Manley was involved in a collision with the cruiser H.M.S. Montague which caused depth bombs on her stern to explode. She was repaired and returned to service in December, 1918. Source: Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. NH 297. | Mike Green |
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164k | Port side view of USS Manley's (DD-74) aft section, soon after her stern was wrecked by an accidental depth charge explosion, March 19, 1918. Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1987. Source: Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. NH 101632. | Mike Green |
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179k | USS Manley (DD 74) at Acapulco, Mexico in 1921. Photo from the collection of Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker |
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166k | USS Manley (DD 74) at the Newport, RI area in 1930. Photo from the collection of Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker |
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172k | USS Manley (AG 28) at San Diego in 1932. Photo from the collection of Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker |
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90k | USS Manley (DD-74) docked at Balboa, canal zone, in 1936. Courtesy of Lieutenant J.J. Cecchini, USN retired. Source: Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. NH 58820. | Mike Green |
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90k | Photo #: NH 54261, USS Jacob Jones (DD-130), USS Erie (PG-50), and USS Manley (DD-74) (listed left to right) in harbor, during a U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen's cruise, 3 August 1937. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Paul Rebold |