Allied Warships

USS Moffett (DD 362)

Destroyer of the Porter class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassPorter 
PennantDD 362 
Built byBethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down2 Jan 1934 
Launched11 Dec 1935 
Commissioned28 Aug 1936 
End service2 Nov 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 2 November 1945
Stricken 28 January 1947
Sold 16 May 1947 and broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Moffett (DD 362)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. Andrew Hughes Addoms, USN28 Aug 1936???

2Cdr. G. W. Johnson, USN1940???

3Cdr. Paul Ralph Heineman, USN1941???

4Lt.Cdr. Gilbert Haven Richards, Jr., USN1942???

5Lt.Cdr. Robert Paul Winkel, USN19 Jul 19451 Nov 1945

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Noteable events involving Moffett include:


17 May 1943
The German submarine U-128 was sunk in the South Atlantic south of Pernambuco, in approximate position 10.00S, 35.35W, by gunfire from the US destroyers USS Moffett and USS Jouett, and depth charges from two Mariner aircraft (Sqdn VP-74/P-6/P-5). (see map)

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