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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:USS_Manley_(DD-940)_1975.jpg) USS Manley (DD-940), August 1975
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Namesake | John Manley (1773 – 1793) |
| Ordered | 30 July 1954 |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down | 10 February 1955 |
| Launched | 12 April 1956 |
| Acquired | 25 January 1957 |
| Commissioned | 1 February 1957 |
| Decommissioned | 4 March 1983 |
| Stricken | 1 June 1990 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap on 11 December 1992. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Forrest Sherman-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,800 tons standard. 4,050 tons full load. |
| Length | 407 ft (124 m) waterline, 418 ft (127 m) overall. |
| Beam | 45 ft (14 m) |
| Draft | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 × 1,200 psi (8.3 MPa) Babcock & Wilcox boilers, Westinghouse steam turbines; 70,000 shp (52 MW); 2 × shafts. |
| Speed | 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
| Range | 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement | 15 officers, 218 enlisted. |
| Armament | 3 × 5 in (127 mm) 54 calibre dual purpose Mk 42 guns; 4 × 3 in (76 mm) 50 calibre Mark 33 anti-aircraft guns; 2 × mark 10/11 Hedgehogs; 6 × 12.75 in (324 mm) Mark 32 torpedo tubes. |
USS Manley (DD-940), named for Captain John Manley (c.1733–1793), was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer built by the Bath Iron Works Corporation at Bath in Maine. The keel was laid down on 10 February 1955. Manley was commissioned on 1 February 1957 and sponsored by Mrs. Arleigh A. Burke, wife of then Chief of Naval Operations, the principal speaker at the commissioning ceremonies.