Harry Manning

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Harry Manning (* 1897 in Bremen , Germany; † 1974 in Saddle River , New Jersey ) was an American ship captain .

Life

There are different statements about Harry Manning's origin. He was born out of wedlock in Bremen and adopted by his future stepfather, an Englishman named Manning, and moved with his parents to New York at the age of ten.

There he graduated from the New York Nautical School (later: US Merchant Marine Academy) and from 1914 sailed on the training ship USS Newport . From 1921 he drove for the United States Lines . At the end of January 1926 he was involved in rescuing the castaways on the Antinoe . He had his first ship command from 1928 on the President Roosevelt. A little later, in January 1929, he was involved in the rescue of the crew of the Italian freighter Florida . In 1932 he rescued the aviator Lou Reichers when it crashed off the coast of Ireland, and in 1940, as captain of the Washington , he was just able to prevent the overcrowded ship from being torpedoed by a German submarine. In 1952 he commanded the United States on its maiden voyage, on which it won a blue ribbon .

Manning also had a license to fly and flew to Hawaii with Amelia Earhart in 1937 . In the further attempt to record, in the course of which Earhart was presumably killed, he could not take part because he had to go back to his professional duties. A little later he crashed with his own Fairchild and suffered serious injuries, but was able to go back to work nine months later.

Manning had numerous interests. He trained in boxing after being beaten up as a young man by a drunken seaman in Bremerhaven ; he also studied languages ​​and literature, especially the texts of William Shakespeare , and was also a gifted pianist.

A marriage with Florence Isabella Trowbridge Heaton lasted only two years. A daughter emerged from the connection.

Manning died after a long illness at the age of 77.

literature

  • Obituary in St. Petersburg Times , Aug. 3, 1974, p. 16

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,859829-5,00.html
  2. ↑ Registration in Bremen: registered with his mother Würzburger Str. 74, Bremen https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,859829-5,00.html
  3. ↑ Popular Science , February 1932, p. 18
  4. ↑ http://fultonhistory.com/newspapers%20Disk3/Poughkeepsie%20NY%20Daily%20Eagle/Poughkeepsie%20NY%20Daily%20Eagle%201932%20a%20pdf/Poughkeepsie%20NY%20Daily%20Eagle%201932%20a%20-% 200454.pdf
  5. ↑ http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19320514&id=RrILAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3FQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3976,6627076
  6. ↑ http://www.ss-united-states.net/SSUnitedStatesWebpageFiles/WebPages/PagesMaidenVoyage.htm
  7. ↑ https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,859829-7,00.html
  8. ↑ https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908666,00.html
personal data
SURNAME Manning, Harry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ship captain
DATE OF BIRTH 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen , Germany
DATE OF DEATH 1974
Place of death Saddle River, New Jersey