ULVERT M MOORE DE 442

Ship Name and Designation History

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John C. Butler Class Destroyer Escort Keel Laid December 2 1943 - Christened & Launched March 7 1944 USS ULVERT M. MOORE DE-442 Commissioned July 18 1944 - Decommissioned May 24 1946 Recommissioned January 27 1951 - Decommissioned October 10 1958 Struck from Naval Register December 1 1965 Sunk as target July 13 1966 off San Nicholas Isle, Ca. by aircraft from USS CORAL SEA CVA-43 and surface gunfire

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1. USS Ulvert M. Moore DE-442 Covers Page 1     (1944-58)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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1st Commissioning July 18 1944 to May 24 1946

 

USPO Machine Cancel "Navy Yard Sta." Brooklyn NY

1944-07-18

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First Day In Commission, Cachet by George V. Sadworth
The first Commanding Officer was LtCdr. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., USNR, President Franklin D. Roosevelt son.

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Locy Type P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. U-1

1945-09-02

Tokyo Bay
Censored wartime (WWII) use

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2nd Commissioning January 27 1951 to October 10 1958

 

Locy Type 2

1951-11-17

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Locy Type 2t(n+u) (DD)

1957-11-04

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Locy Type 2t(nu) (DE)

1958-05-27

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Locy Type 9efu

1955-07-14

Cover also has a Type 2 postmark.

 

Other Information

USS ULVERT M. MOORE DE-442 earned the Combat Action Ribbon; the American Campaign Medal; the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 5 Campaign stars; the World War II Victory Medal; the National Defense Service Medal; the Korean Service Medal w/ 3 Campaign stars, the United Nations Korean Service Medal and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Ensign Ulvert Mathew Moore, USNR (August 26 1917 - June 4 1942)
Moore enlisted in the Naval Reserve on October 15 1940 at Washington, D.C., and served as a Seaman 2d class until appointed an Aviation Cadet on January 14 1941. After flight training at Jacksonville and Miami, Fla., into the summer of 1941, Moore then received advanced carrier training at Norfolk, Va. Assigned to Torpedo Squadron (VT) 8, embarked in USS HORNET CV-8, soon thereafter, Moore was killed in action on June 4 1942, during the Battle of Midway. Flying a Douglas TBD-1 Devastator, Ens. Moore perished in VT-8's gallant torpedo attack, led by Lt. Comdr. John C. Waldron, against the Japanese carrier AKAGI of the Midway-bound task force under Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo. Moore was awarded a posthumous Navy Cross for pressing home his attack despite being grimly aware that VT-8 had neither fighter cover nor enough fuel to return to HORNET. However, the sacrifice of "Torpedo 8" was not in vain. The attack drew down the Japanese combat air patrol and left the skies above open for the attack of the dive bombers which soon crippled three Japanese carriers on the first day of the battle and thus paved the way to an American victory.

The ships sponsor is Mrs. L. E. Moore, mother of Ens. Ulvert M. Moore.

 

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