Allied Warships

USS Samuel N. Moore (DD 747)

Destroyer of the Allen M. Sumner class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassAllen M. Sumner 
PennantDD 747 
Built byBethlehem Steel Corp. (Staten Island, New York, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down30 Sep 1943 
Launched23 Feb 1944 
Commissioned24 Jun 1944 
End service24 Oct 1969 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned and stricken 24 October 1969.
Transferred to Taiwan 9 December 1969 being renamed Heng Yang.
Heng Tang was stricken in May 1995.

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Commands listed for USS Samuel N. Moore (DD 747)

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1Cdr. Horatio Alonzo Lincoln, USN24 Jun 1944???

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Noteable events involving Samuel N. Moore include:


3 Nov 1944
USS Samuel N. Moore arrives at Ulithi.

Media links


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Whitley, M. J.


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United States Destroyer Operations In World War II.

Roscoe, Theodore

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