USS Charles Mann (SP-522) at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, sometime between 1917 and 1919.
History
United States
NameUSS Charles Mann
NamesakePrevious name retained
Completed1903
Acquired6[1] or 7[2] June 1917
Commissioned7 June 1917
Decommissioned29 November 1919
Fate27 February 1920
NotesOperated as commercial tug Charles Mann 1903-1917
General characteristics
TypeTug and patrol vessel
Tonnage79 gross register tons
Length77 ft 7 in (23.65 m)
Beam21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
Draft10 ft (3.0 m) aft
Speed9 knots
Complement11
Armament2 × 1-pounder guns
USS Charles Mann (SP-522) in Boston Harbor, Boston, Massachusetts, sometime between 1917 and 1919.

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.

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

  1. ^ Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/sp522.htm).
  2. ^ 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).
  3. ^ Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/sp522.htm).
  4. ^ 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).

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