USRC Manning

For other ships with the same name, see USS Manning.

History
United States
NameUSRC Manning
NamesakeDaniel Manning, 37th United States Secretary of the Treasury
Operator
  • U.S. Revenue Cutter Service (1898–1915)
  • U.S. Coast Guard (1915–1930)
Awarded27 June 1895[1]
BuilderAtlantic Works, East Boston, Massachusetts[3]
Cost$159,951[1]
Completed11 August 1897[1]
Commissioned8 January 1898 to 2 February 1925[2]
Recommissioned7 January 1926[2]
Decommissioned22 May 1930
FateSold 6 December 1930
General characteristics [4]
TypeRevenue cutter
Displacement1,150 tons
Length205 ft 0 in (62.48 m)
Beam32 ft 0 in (9.75 m)
Draft13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)
Installed powerTriple-expansion steam engine, 25 in (0.64 m), 37.5 in (0.95 m), 56.25 in (1.429 m) diameter X 30 in (0.76 m) stroke. 2,181 shp, single screw
Sail planoriginally brigantine
Speed17 knots
Complement
  • (normal) 10 officers, 65 enlisted
  • (1917) 8 officers, 4 warrant officers, 96 enlisted[5]
Armament
  • (1898) 2 × 4-inch rapid fire rifles
  • 2 × 6-pounder rapid fire guns[6]

USRC Manning was a revenue cutter of the United States Revenue Cutter Service that served from 1898 to 1930, and saw service in the U.S. Navy in the Spanish–American War and World War I.

  1. ^ a b c Record of Movements, p 360
  2. ^ a b Record of Movements, p 364
  3. ^ "Manning, 1898", Cutters, Craft & U.S. Coast Guard-Manned Army & Navy Vessels, U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office
  4. ^ Canney, p 56
  5. ^ Larzelere, p 42
  6. ^ King, p 122