USS Charles Mann (SP-522), was a United States Navy tug and patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
Charles Mann was built as a commercial tug of the same name in 1903 at South Portland, Maine. The U.S. Navy purchased her on 6Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/sp522.htm). or 7Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c6/charles_mann.htm) and NavSource Naval History (at http://www.navsource.net/archives/12/170522.htm). June 1917 for use as a tug and section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Charles Mann (SP-522) on 7 June 1917.
Assigned to the 1st Naval District, Charles Mann carried out patrol duty and conducted towing operations in the Boston, Massachusetts, area for the rest of World War I and into 1919.
Charles Mann was decommissioned on 29 November 1919 and sold on 27 February 1920.
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