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History Of USS Manley (DD 940) USS MANLEY (DD 940). the fifth destroyer of the Forest Sherman Class to be commissioned, is named in honor of Commodore John Manley of the Continental Navy. She is the third ship of the line to bear the name following a Destroyer Tender and a Destroyer. Her keel was laid 10 February 1955 at the Bath Iron Works in Maine and she was launched there on 12 April 1956. The ship was sponsored by Mrs. Arleigh A. Burke, wife of then Chief of Naval Operations. She was commissioned on I February 1957 at Boston Naval Shipyard with Admiral Arleigh A. Burke as principal speaker at the ceremony. Upon completion of a shakedown cruise to Northern Europe. MANLEY arrived in homeport of Norfolk, Virginia to become the Flagship of a Destroyer Squadron FOUR. In July 1959 the homeport of the squadron was changed t0 i Charleston, South Carolina. The end of 1959 an first part of I960 were spent with the U. S. SIXl Fleet in the Mediterranean. In late 1961, she becan involved in the Dominican Republic crisis, gettit} underway on short notice to patrol the -. tvaj south of Hispaniola. In October 1962 MANLEY was in Cuban waters at the onset of the Cuban Missile OrUHs and spent two months patrolling the area off Southern Cuba. From 1963 to 1965 MANLEY completed two more tours of duty in the Mediterranean, assisted in the recovery of Gemini V. and in January 1964, evacuated 91 American citizens from revolution- torn Zabzibar. In October of 1966 MANLEY departed ■ Charleston and joined Destroyer Squadron TWEN- TY for a tour of duty with the U. S. SEVENTH Fleet off Vietnam. After an eventful six months in the Pacific during which she provided extensive gunfire support to allied troops ashore, she continued on around the world, arriving home in May 1967. MANLEY was presented the Navy Unit Commendation for sustained meritorious service in connection with operations against the enemy during this deployment. After a very short stay in Charleston, she departed for the Western Pacific again in September. This second Vietnam tour was to last eight and half months before she returned to Charleston in June of 1968.

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