carrying bombs, ammunition, and gasoline, "manley" and got underway on 16 august. after exchanging their cargo for wounded marines, they returned to espiritu santo on the 19th. "manley" was ordered to take torpedoed in tow for tulagi harbor before nightfall. since a japanese surface force was approaching, it was necessary to scuttle the destroyer. "manley" took 99 survivors on board. only two hours of fuel remained when the ship made it back to espiritu santo on the 26th.