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USS Maurice J. Manuel (DE 351)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - T - N - Z

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Second Row: World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Philippine Liberation Ribbon

Specifications:
Class: John C. Butler
Type: WGT (geared-turbine drive, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1350 tons (light), 1745 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 10" (extreme)
Draft: 11' 0" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 2 "D" Express boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 kts
Range: 6,000 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 2 - 5"/38 cal. DP guns (2x1), 4 - 40mm AA (2x2), 10 - 20mm AA, 3 - 21" TT, 1 Mk10 Hedgehog, 8 Mk6 Depth Charge Projectors, 2 Mk9 Depth Charge Stern Racks
Complement: 14 / 201

Maurice J. Manuel (DE 351) Building and Operational Data:

22 December 1943: Keel laid at Consolidated Steel Co., Orange, Tex.

19 February 1944: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Leona Manuel, mother of Pfc. Maurice Joseph Manuel

30 June 1944: Commissioned at Orange, Tex.; Lcdr. William M. Lowry in command

22 May 1946: Decommissioned at San Diego, Cal. after 1 year and 10⅔ months of service having steamed 87,109 miles

28 February 1947: Inactivation completed at San Diego, Cal., assigned to Submarine Group Two, San Diego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet

27 April 1951: Recommissioned at San Diego, Lcdr. G. A. Sullivan in command

11 August 1951: Arrived at Newport, R.I. for duty with the Atlantic Fleet

30 October 1957: Decommissioned at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard after 6 years and 6 months of post-war service

01 May 1966: Struck from the NVR with a total of 8 years and 4⅔ months of service

.. August 1966: Sunk as a target

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0635102	76k	circa 1944 - 45 (from Julia's Dad, a wartime crewmember)	Julia Ferrell Harris
0635108	208k	Undated: Post WW2 port quarter view of USS *Maurice J. Manuel* (DE 351). (U.S. Naval Historical Center photo, Catalog #L45-177.06.01 from the Naval History and Heritage Command)	Mike Green Port Angeles, Wash.
0635110	420k	07 August 1952: Key West Fla, oparea - USS *Maurice J. Manuel* underway off Key West, Fla., probably on temporary duty with the Fleet Sonar School. (U.S. Navy photo #80-G-445114 from the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.)	Rick E. Davis Springfield, Oh.
0635107	220k	November 1952: *Maurice J. Manuel* underway off Newport, R.I., her home port.	Nick Tiberio Shelton, Conn.
0635103	373k	03 August 1953: Copenhagen, Denmark - This photo was taken in Copenhagen Harbor. *Maurice J. Manuel* was there as part of a larger force that was engaged in a Midshipman Training Cruise from Norfolk to Edinburgh, Scotland; Oslo, Norway; and Copenhagen, Denmark, then on to Guantanamo Bay, and back to Norfolk. Shortly after departing Norfolk, *Manuel* hit a whale which disabled her sonar and fathometer. This photo was taken by Ove Pedersen, a local professional who printed, colored and sold copies to the crew and midshipmen.	George W. Baumann, Jr.
0635106	194k	05 September 1953: New Bedford, Mass. - USS *Maurice J. Manuel* docked at New Bedford. USS *Chester T. O'Brien* (DE 421) is tied up astern. (Courtesy of the Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia. Ted Stone Collection) (U.S. Navy Photo #NH 66806from the U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)	Mike Green Port Angeles, Wash.
0635111	176k	22 September 1953: the Atlantic Ocean - USS *Maurice J. Manuel* underway off her home port, Newport, R.I. (U.S. Navy photo #80-G-628504 from the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.)	Rick E. Davis Springfield, Oh.
0635104	54k	1954 (Photo From Skyfotos)	Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
0635105	117k	undated postwar image	Jerry Baker (1955 - 1957)
0635109	186k	undated postwar image	Tim Rizzuto Ship's Superintendent DE Historical Museum USS Slater at Albany, N.Y.

Maurice J. Manuel
View the USS Maurice J. Manuel (DE 351) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
View the official War History of USS Maurice J. Manuel as submitted by the ship at war's end.

Maurice J. Manuel's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 30 Jun. 1944 - 25 Oct. 1945	Lcdr. William McCulloch Lowry, USNR (Comm. CO) (Seattle, Wash.)
2.) 25 Oct. 1945 - 31 Jan. 1946	Lt. Charles Henry Witten, USNR (New York City, N.Y.)
3.) 31 Jan. 1946 – .. Apr. 1946	Lt.(jg) James A. Warner, USNR
4.) .. Apr. 1946 – 20 May 1946	Lt.(jg) Robert W. Scholler, USNR
5.) 27 Apr. 1951 - .. May 1952	Lcdr. George Alexander Sullivan, USN
6.) .. May 1952 - .. Mar. 1954	Lcdr. Ralph Lane Porter, USN (USNA ‘42) (Cochran, Ga.)
7.) .. Mar. 1954 - 27 Mar. 1956	Lcdr. James William McMurray, USN
8.) 27 Mar. 1956 - 24 Jun. 1956	Lcdr. William Iven Brewington, USN
9.) 24 Jun. 1956 - 30 Oct. 1957	Lt. Robert Wayne Watkins, USN (Avcad ‘43) (Columbus, Oh.) (ret. as Radm.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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Additional Resources

Tin Can Sailors
The U.S. Navy Memorial
The Destroyer Escort Historical Museum
The Destroyer History Foundation
Tin Can Sailors Shipmate Registry - USS Maurice J. Manuel

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