Allied Warships

USS Samuel N. Moore (DD 747)

Destroyer of the Allen M. Sumner class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Allen M. Sumner
Pennant	DD 747
Built by	Bethlehem Steel Corp. (Staten Island, New York, U.S.A.)
Ordered	7 Aug 1942
Laid down	30 Sep 1943
Launched	23 Feb 1944
Commissioned	24 Jun 1944
End service	24 Oct 1969
History	Decommissioned and stricken 24 October 1969. Transferred to Taiwan 9 December 1969 being renamed Heng Yang. Heng Tang was stricken in May 1995. See also this website (offsite link).

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

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Horatio Alonzo Lincoln, USN	24 Jun 1944	28 Jul 1945
2	T/Cdr. Harold Gardiner Bowen, Jr., USN	28 Jul 1945	10 May 1946

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Notable events involving Samuel N. Moore include:

20 Sep 1944
Around 1100Q/20, the troopship Queen Mary (British, 81235 GRT, built 1936) with Prime Minister Churchill on board, departed New York for the U.K. Escort was provided by the destroyers USS Haynsworth (T/Cdr. R. Brodie, Jr., USN), USS Collett (T/Cdr. J.D. Collett, USN) and USS Samuel N. Moore (T/Cdr. H.A. Lincoln, USN).

Around 0930O/20, HMS Berwick (Capt. S.H.T. Arliss, DSO, RN) departed Halifax to make rendezvous with the Queen Mary. Rendezvous was effected around 1245O/21, when the US destroyers were detached.

Around 1800N/23, HMS Devonshire (Capt. D.K. Bain, DSO, RN) took over from HMS Berwick which was then detached to proceed to the Clyde where she arrived around 1500A/26. HMS Devonshire had departed Milford Haven for the rendezvous position around 0900A/21.

Around 1225A/24, the destroyers HMS Nubian (Lt.Cdr. T.A. Pack-Beresford, RN) and HMS Serapis (Lt.Cdr. E.L. Jones, DSC, RN) joined coming from Milford Haven.

Around 0845A/25, HMS Devonshire parted company and proceeded to Milford Haven arriving there around 1130A/25.

The Queen Mary, HMS Nubian and HMS Serapis arrived at Greenock later on the 25th. (1)

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