ULVERT M MOORE DE 442

From NavalCoverMuseum
Revision as of 18:12, 8 April 2011 by JonBurdett (talk | contribs) (created page 1 cover)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

    John C. Butler Class Type WGT Destroyer Escort
    Keel Laid December 2 1943 - Launched March 7 1944

  1. 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

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

  1. Covers Page 1     (1958)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.


 

Postmark Type
---
Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image



2nd Commissioning January 27 1951 to October 10 1958


 

Locy Type
2t(nu) (DE)

1958-05-27

Note:

 

Other Information

ULVERT M. MOORE was awarded five battle stars for her World War II service and three for Korea

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 5 stars - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal w/ 3 stars - United Nations Korean Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal

NAMESAKE - 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.

 


 

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

 


Copyright 2024 Naval Cover Museum