Manley (DD 940) - Naval Cruise Book

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GUEST OF HONOR IN VALENCIA Welcome aboard MANLEY, sir! '

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On 6 September 1960, MANLEY departed Charleston for an extended period of NATO exercises in the North Atlantic. After 28 days at sea, during which time she participated in exercises Sword Thrust and Sea Spray, crossing the Arctic Circle in the process, MANLEY made port in Cardiff, Wales. The people of Cardiff gave MANLEY an entusiastic welcome and MANLEY responded with equal en- thusiasm. Seven days later MANLEY left Cardiff and participated in operations Pipedown One and Two before returning to Charleston on 20 October 1960. Another short exercise in November and the annual winter Atlantic Fleet exercise in January, during which MANLEY acted as an anti-submarine and anti-radar unit, preceded another Project Mercury operation and the period of preparation for overseas deployment. Early in 1961 MANLEY was once again at sea participating in Atlantic Fleet and Mercury Capsule Recovery exercises. With the forthcoming of March MANLEY was deployed to the Sixth Fleet for the second time. During her seven months in Mediterranean waters, MANLEY steamed over 47,000 miles from Beirut, Lebanon to Rota, Spain and won her first competitive E ' s . MANLEY was visited by such distinguished visitors as Under Secretary of the Navy the honorable Paul B. Fay, Jr., Chief of Naval Operations, Commander Destroyer Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet and Commander, Sixth Fleet. MANLEY returned to CONUS early in October only to be redeployed in November to the Carib- bean Sea during the Dominican Republic crisis. On that occasion MANLEY set sail with four hours notice having successfully recalled 72% of her crew. In March of 1962 MANLEY entered the Charles- ton Naval Shipyard dry docks for a 3 month overhaul. In July 1962, MANLEY received her first battle efficiency award with departmental excellence awards in Operations and Engineering (second award). MANLEY finished her shipyard overhaul in September and on 28 September sailed for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for refresher training. After spending only a short time in refersher training MANLEY once again proved to be an angel of mercy as she was on the spot and rescued a downed helicopter from the shark-infested tropical waters. On hand and ready MANLEY was called to participate in the quarantine of Cuba and spent most of October and November patrolling the waters near Gunatanamo Bay. On her return voyage home after the Cuban quarantine MANLEY stopped long enough to rescue the three man crew of the yacht AVIAN of Annapolis, Maryland. Sails gone and no operating engines had put the AVIAN at the mercy of gale force winds in the cold Atlantic. A winter respite in Charleston was a welcome period for MANLEY. In late January she left for the Caribbean and five weeks of participation in Operation Springboard 1963. During Springboard MANLEY visited San Juan, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. MANLEY conducted many gunnery and ASW exercises and qualified as a gunfire support ship at Culebra. During March and April MANLEY operated in the Atlantic on ASW maneuvers with the USS ESSEX (CVS-9). May and June found MANLEY participating in joint Canadian-American ASW exercises. MAN- LEY visited Halifax, Nova Scotia and returned for upkeep to Charleston. MANLEY won the Supply Department Excellence Award in July. August was highlighted by a de- pendents cruise and by a group of Boy Scouts who participated in two weeks of local operations. October found MANLEY underway for a Med deployment where Commander, U. S. Sixth Fleet made her first flagship for a three day visit to Tunis, Tunisia. In December she transited the Suez Canal for a tour of duty under Commander, Middle East Force. After several weeks in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, visiting Jidda, Aden, Kuwait, Ras Tanura and Bahrain, MANLEY crossed the equator for the first time on 8 January 1964. She proved a welcome sight to the 91 American citizens and foreign nationals she evacuated on 13 January from the revolution-torn island of Zanaibar. This evac- uation was carried out without incidentafter negotiations conducted with the rebel for ces. The remainder of her deployment was spent patrolling this troubled area, and for her outstanding performance, vigi- lance and prompt and correct reactions to unusual conditions, MANLEY received commendations from Joint Chiefs of Staff, Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, Chief of Naval Operations, and Commander, Middle East Force. Upon her return to Charleston in early March, MANLEY entered the shipyard for a one month restricted availability and departed again in early April under the operation control of Commander, Anti-Submarine Warfare Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. MANLEY ' s contribution to the war effort is apprized as thus: fhe outstanding captain for the time he was willing to confine his talents to Washington ' s Navy. In that period he took ten prizes singlehanded, and participated in capturing five more .

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DESRON FOUR STAFF Destroyer Squadron FOUR consists of seven ships, with MANLEY as flagship. Shown above are the officers and men of DESRON FOUR. Back row, left to right: CPO Mitchell, LTJG Gams, LT Greeneisen, Com- modore Howell, LT Eylar and LT Callahan. Front row, left to right: H. R. Almazan, B. L Fugate, L. D. Belton, T. H. Evans, G. S. Geffre, and T. M. Marania.