USRC Manning ( 1898 ) USRC " Manning " was a revenue cutter of the United States Revenue Cutter Service that served from 1898 to 1930 , and saw service in the U . S . Navy in the Spanish - American War and World War I . Commissioning . Designed as a cruising cutter , " Manning " was built by Atlantic Works , East Boston , Massachusetts , for the U . S . Revenue Cutter Service . She was accepted by Captain R . M Clark for the USRCS Aug 11 , 1897 . She commissioned on 8 January 1898 and was assigned cruising grounds along the New England coast . Her lines were those of ancestral clipper cutters , but with a plumb bow instead of the more graceful clipper stem . She and her sister ships USRC " Gresham " , USRC " McCulloch " , USRC " Algonquin " , and USRC " Onondago " were the last cutters ever rigged for sail . They also carried the first electric generators installed in cutters . As a class , they were suitable for scouting , for rendering assistance , and for cruising at moderately long range . So successful was the design that these cutters furnished the general pattern for cutter construction for the ensuing 20 years . Service history . Ordered to serve during the Spanish - American War with the U . S . Navy during the period 24 March 1898 to 17 August 1898 , " Manning " operated out of Norfolk , Virginia , as a coastal patrol vessel . She also served a four month war deployment , from May 1898 through August 1898 , on blockade and escort duty off Cuba . On 12 May 1898 , she joined armed yacht USS " Wasp " and unarmored cruiser USS " Dolphin " first in landing , then in providing gunfire support for the evacuation of a force of U . S . Army soldiers at Cabañas , Cuba . After the cessation of hostilities with Spain , " Manning " returned to the operational control of the U . S . Revenue Cutter Service under the U . S . Department of the Treasury . Her patrol duties took her along both the East Coast from Boston to Key West and included a patrol to Cuba and Puerto Rico . On 2 January 1900 " Manning " was ordered report to San Francisco by way of the Straits of Magellan for duties with the Bering Sea Patrol . During the years of 1900 through 1916 she patrolled the Bering Sea enforcing sealing treaties and performing search and rescue duties missing only the years 1904 , 1906 and 1908 . During 1904 she performed patrol duties along the West Coast . On 13 December 1905 " Manning " was assigned patrol duties in Hawaii where she remained until 8 May 1907 when she departed for the Bering Sea . Patrol work was cut short during the 1907 season when " Manning " struck an uncharted rock in Prince William Sound 15 August . Temporary repairs were made and she made for Bremerton Navy Yard for drydocking and permanent reairs in September . During 1908 " Manning " patrolled the Pacific Coast and assisted in several search and rescue cases . When the Revenue Cutter Service and the United States Lifesaving Service combined in 1915 to form the new United States Coast Guard , " Manning " became part of the new service and was thereafter known as USCGC " Manning " . " Manning " received orders to report to the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay , Maryland 26 January 1917 and departed soon thereafter arriving at the Yard 7 March . On 6 April 1917 " Manning " once again became part of the U . S . Navy for service in World War I and served as one of the components of Squadron 2 , Division 6 of the Atlantic Fleet Patrol Forces . Based at Gibraltar , the six U . S . Coast Guard cutters of the squadron immediately assumed wartime duties escorting trade convoys between Gibraltar and the United Kingdom , and conducting antisubmarine patrols in the Mediterranean Sea . These duties continued until 28 August 1919 . After World War I , the Coast Guard returned to the control of the Department of the Treasury , and in the spring of 1919 the International Ice Patrol , which had been suspended during World War I , was reinaugurated . The annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury for 1921 noted that in the winter of 1920 - 1921 winter patrols had been reestablished with eight vessels , one of which was " Manning " . Much of " Manning " s duty during her final years was out of Norfolk , where she decommissioned on 22 May 1930 . On 6 December 1930 she was sold for $ 2200 . 02 to Charles L . Jording of Baltimore , Maryland .