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Charles Mann (SP 522)



Call sign:
Nan - Unit - Boy - Tare
Tug:

  • Built in 1903 at South Portland, ME
  • Acquired by the Navy 6 June 1917
  • Commissioned 7 June 1917
  • Decommissioned 29 November 1919
  • Sold 27 February 1920
  • Registered in 1927 to the Bay State Dredging and Contracting Co. of Boston, MA as the tug John Cashman
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 79 t.
  • Length 77' 7"
  • Beam 21' 6"
  • Draft 10'
    1923 - 9.5'
  • Speed 9 kts.
  • Complement 13
    1923 - Six
  • Armament: Two 1-pounders
  • Propulsion: One Portland boiler, one 300hp vertical compound steam engine, one shaft.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Charles Mann 121k In Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, circa 1917-1919
    Naval Historical Center photo NH 99319    		 Robert Hurst
    Charles Mann 59k At the Boston Navy Yard, circa 1917-20, with USS Constitution in the background
    U.S. Navy photo NH 101975    		 Naval Historical Center
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