U.S.S. SAMUEL N. MOORE
DD-747 A Short History

June 24, 1944 was hazily overcast and muggy in New York City. The shadow of war hung over the world, and the Navy Yard at Brooklyn was alive with activity. In the midst of the noise and confusion lay a new destroyer, fresh from the Bethlehem Steel Company’s shipyard at Staten Island. Rear-Admiral Monroe Kelley, USN, addressed the newly organized crew which was gathered on the fantail,and with a few words and without fanfare commissioned the USS SAMUEL N. MOORE (DD747) as a fighting unit of the UNITED STATES NAVY.

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The Association and this Site are dedicated to finding former “Rammin Sammy” crew members and keeping in touch with known Shipmates through the use of the Internet, E-mail, Quarterly Newsletters, and Our Annual Reunions.

All Guests are encouraged to view this site and learn more about one of the U.S. Navies finest Destroyers. Our ship was in the service of her country for 25 years, during this time she served in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, as well as Peace Time.

The keel of the USS Samuel N. Moore ( DD-747) was laid down on September 30, 1943 by the Bethlehem Steel Company Shipbuilding Yard, Staten Island, N.Y. Then launched on February 23, 1944. She was sponsored by Mrs. Samuel N. Moore and then commissioned on June 24, 1944, with Comdr. Horatio “Abe” Lincoln in command

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