USN · DE
AfloatJohn C. Butler-class destroyer escort, DE-442. 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. Commissioned on 18 July 1944. Lieutenant Commander Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Eniwetok, the Marshall Islands, the Marianas, and Luzon. The Navy credited her with 5 battle stars.
| Class | John C. Butler class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-442 |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey |
| Launched | 1944-03-07 |
| Commissioned | 1944-07-18 |
| Fate | Afloat. 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. |
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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.
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
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