Manley (DD 940) - Naval Cruise Book

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U.S.S. MANLEY (DD-940) the fifth destroyer of the SHERMAN Class to be commissioned, is named in honor of Captain John Manley of the Continental Navy. She is the third ship of the Navy to bear his name. On 10 February 1956 the keel was laid, and MANLEY was christened by Mrs. Arleigh Burke, wife of the Chief of Naval Operations on 12 April 1956. As with the second MANLEY, MANLEY (DD-940) was built by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. She was delivered to the Navy at Boston on 25 January 1957. On 1 February 1957 MANLEY was commissioned in a ceremony participated in by Adm iral Arleigh Burke, Rear Admiral J. A. Snakenberg and Rear Admiral W. E. Howard held at the Boston Naval Shipyard. Following a six-week fitting out and trials period, MANLEY sailed for shakedown training at Cuan- tanamo Bay, Cuba on 1 1 April. While undergoing rigorous training, MANLEY was sent to Key West to take part in the filming of a wide angle screen movie entitled Windjammer , and on another weekend, visited Kingston, Jamaica. At the conclusion of the eight weeks of shakedown, MANLEY fueled at San Juan, Puerto Rico and sailed on her shakedown cruise, visiting Lisbon, Portugal; Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Kiel, Germany; and Copenhagen, Denmark before returning to Boston 12 July 1957. After a six-week post-shakedown shipyard availability, during which she was formally accepted by the Navy, MANLEY sailed to Norfolk, Virginia, her ne y home port. Shortly thereafter, on 4 September 1957, as part of Task Group 88, MANLEY headed north once more on the NATO fleet exercise STRIKE- BACK . Redezvousing in the Clyde Estuary, the fleet sailed north of the Arctic Circle for maneuvers, after which MANLEY and several other ships visited Southampton, England. On 12 October 1957, the fleet sailed for the U. S., arriving 24 October. Immediately after arrival, MANLEY became flagship of Destroyer Squadron FOUR. Following a short period of squadron exercises out of Norfolk, MANLEY as part of Des Div 41 sailed on 4 December for the Mediterranean and duty with the Sixth Fleet. During a stormy crossing, MANLEY was struck by a hugh wave on 12 December off the Azores. Two men were killed and several injured as a large portion of the galley, radio, and radar rooms were stove in and flooded. Diverted to Lisbon to transfer the injured, MANLEY arrived 14 December and after effecting emergency repairs, departed for Gibraltar on 17 December. While in Gibraltar ex- tensive voyage repairs were accomplished by the Royal Navy Dockyard and by the ship ' s company, and on 4 January 1958, MANLEY sailed for the U.S. After stopping for fuel in Bermuda, MANLEY arrived in Norfolk 16 January and departed for Phil- adelphia Naval Shipyard on 21 January 1958 for 3 months restricted availability to repair storm damage. After returning to Norfolk following the shipyard period, MANLEY went to Washington, D. C. for the weekend of 10-11 May for Armed Forces Day ceremonies. While in Washington, MANLEY was visited by the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Arleigh Burke and Mrs. Burke, MANLEY ' s sponsor. Following the trip to Washington, MANLEY returned to Norfolk for local operations. Following the shipyard period, MANLEY operated locally for several weeks in September and October. On 3 November, she departed from Norfolk to take part in another fleet exercise, LANT- FLEX 2-58. After spending 13-17 November in San Juan, Puerto Rico, MANLEY returned to Norfolk on 25 November where she remained through the holiday period December 1958. In January 1959 MANLEY went to Key West, Florida for two weeks evaluattion of the use of a drone helicopter launched and landed from a destroyer. Upon returning from Key West, MANLEY entered the Norfolk Naval Shipyard for her regular overhaul. Leaving the Shipyard on 16 May, MANLEY underwent refresher training at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba during the month of June. Returning to Norfolk on 3 July she participated in LANTFLEX 2-59 from 6 July to 21 July. On 23 July MANLEY departed Norfolk for Charleston, South Carolina, her new home port. Arriving on 25 July, MANLEY participated in the Destroyer Squadron FOUR grand entry into Charleston. MANLEY departed for her first Sixth Fleet Deployment on 21 September and reported for duty in the Mediterranean on 1 October. During her six months of Med duty, MANLEY visited many ports, such as Istanbul, Turkey; Athens, Greece; Naples, Italy; and Cannes, France. On 18 December, she was reviewed with the other Sixth Fleet ships by President Eisenhower. During the Med Cruise MAN- LEY participated in maneuvers with the British, French and Greek Naval Forces. Completing her Med duty on 1 April, MANLEY returned to Charleston, South Carolina on 10 April 1960. Following a tender and upkeep period during April and May, MANLEY entered Charleston Naval Shipyard in Charleston, South Carolina for her first interim availability period on J June. Upon com- pletion of the shipyard period, she conducted local operations with the exception of a Caribbean Cruise, with a stop in San Juan for Project Mercury operations.