USS Charles Mann
.jpg) USS Charles Mann (SP-522) at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, sometime between 1917 and 1919.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Charles Mann |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Completed | 1903 |
| Acquired | 6[1] or 7[2] June 1917 |
| Commissioned | 7 June 1917 |
| Decommissioned | 29 November 1919 |
| Fate | 27 February 1920 |
| Notes | Operated as commercial tug Charles Mann 1903-1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Tug and patrol vessel |
| Tonnage | 79 gross register tons |
| Length | 77 ft 7 in (23.65 m) |
| Beam | 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft (3.0 m) aft |
| Speed | 9 knots |
| Complement | 11 |
| Armament | 2 × 1-pounder guns |
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USS Charles Mann (SP-522), was a United States Navy tug and patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
Charles Mann was built as a commercial tug of the same name in 1903 at South Portland, Maine. The U.S. Navy purchased her on 6[3] or 7[4] June 1917 for use as a tug and section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Charles Mann (SP-522) on 7 June 1917 with Chief Boatswain's Mate A. Lundgren in command.
Assigned to the 1st Naval District, Charles Mann carried out patrol duty and conducted towing operations in the Boston, Massachusetts, area for the rest of World War I and into 1919.
Charles Mann was decommissioned on 29 November 1919 and sold on 27 February 1920.
Notes
- ^ Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/sp522.htm).
- ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c6/charles_mann.htm) and NavSource Naval History (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170522.htm).
- ^ Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/sp522.htm).
- ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c6/charles_mann.htm) and NavSource Naval History (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170522.htm).
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.- Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Charles Mann (SP-522), 1917-1920
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Charles Mann (SP 522)
