USS Samuel N. Moore
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USS Samuel N. Moore (DD-747), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Samuel N. Moore.
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USS Samuel N. Moore underway in 1950s | |
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United States | |
Name | Samuel N. Moore |
Namesake | Samuel Nobre Moore |
Builder | Bethlehem Mariners Harbor |
Laid down | 30 September 1943 |
Launched | 23 February 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Samuel N. Moore |
Commissioned | 24 June 1944 |
Decommissioned | 24 October 1969 |
Stricken | 24 October 1969 |
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Fate | Transferred to the Republic of China, 10 December 1969 |
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Taiwan | |
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Namesake | Heng Yang |
Acquired | 10 December 1969 |
Commissioned | 25 April 1970 |
Identification | Hull number: DD-2 |
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Decommissioned | 1 December 1994 |
Stricken | May 1995 |
Fate | Sunk as target |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,200 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
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Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 336 |
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