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Ulvert M. Moore

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ClassJohn C. Butler class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-442
BuilderFederal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey
Launched1944-03-07
Commissioned1944-07-18
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 10 October 1958. The Navy later expended her as a target.
Armament (class)Destroyer escort. Two 5-inch guns and one funnel, on a shorter hull.
Command

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Ulvert M. Moore
U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-68164. USS Ulvert M. Moore (DE-442) underway, circa in July 1944 (19-N-68164).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Ulvert M. Moore, hull DE-442, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. The name honors Ulvert Matthew Moore. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, at Newark, New Jersey, laid her down on 2 December 1943 and launched her on 7 March 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 18 July 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.

Her Pacific duty took her to Eniwetok, the Marshall Islands, the Marianas, and Luzon. She was credited with 5 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 10 October 1958. The Navy later expended her as a target.

The pictures on this page are the originals.