USS Manlove (DE-36)

Manlove at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, September 1943
History
Name:	USS Manlove
Laid down:	24 February 1943
Launched:	28 July 1943
Commissioned:	8 November 1943
Decommissioned:	16 November 1945
Struck:	28 November 1945
Honors and awards:	5 battle stars (World War II)
Fate:	Sold for scrapping, 9 February 1948
General characteristics
Type:	Evarts-class destroyer escort
Displacement:	1,140 long tons (1,158 t) standard 1,430 long tons (1,453 t) full
Length:	289 ft 5 in (88.21 m) o/a 283 ft 6 in (86.41 m) w/l
Beam:	35 ft (11 m)
Draft:	11 ft (3.4 m) (max)
Installed power:	6,000 hp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion:	4 × General Motors Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive 2 × screws
Speed:	19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Range:	4,150 nmi (7,690 km)
Complement:	15 officers and 183 enlisted
Armament:	3 × 3"/50 Mk.22 dual purpose guns 4 × 1.1"/75 Mk.2 AA guns (1×4) 9 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns 1 × Hedgehog Projector Mk.10 (144 rounds) 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks

USS Manlove (DE-36) was an Evarts-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy during World War II. She was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft. She performed dangerous work in numerous battle areas, and sailed home proudly with five battle stars.

Manlove was named after electrician Arthur Cleon Manlove who was killed aboard the Arizona when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Manlove was laid down as BDE-36, on 24 February 1943 by the Navy Yard, Mare Island, California; redesignated DE-36, on 16 June 1943; launched on 28 July 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Arthur C. Manlove, widow of electrician, Arthur C. Manlove; and commissioned on 8 November 1943, Lt. Comdr. J. P. Ingle in command.

After post-shakedown repairs at San Francisco, California, Manlove escorted a convoy to Pearl Harbor and upon arrival, on 16 January 1944, commenced local training operations. The next month, she made one round trip voyage to Majuro, Marshall Islands, returning on 18 February. She again departed for the Marshalls on the 28th. From 5 March – 16 May, she cruised the Marshall Islands area on anti-submarine patrols and in hunter-killer (HUK) operations.