to block retreat by the japanese into bataan, "manley" with transdiv 100 and six lci(l)'s, put some 700 assault troops ashore at mariveles on 15 february 1945. on the 17th, she landed troops on corregidor. hidden gun emplacements shelled her boats, sinking one and wounding an army officer, but the landings succeeded. that evening the transport returned to subic bay.