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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. 
The list is in chronological order.
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<ol>Edsall Class Type FMR Destroyer Escort<br/>
Keel Laid July 20 1942 - Launched December 21 1942<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS MOORE DE-240'''<br/>
Commissioned July 1 1943 - Decommissioned June 30 1947<br/><br/>
Stricken August 1 1973<br/>
Sunk as target June 13 1975 off Virginia
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[[Image:MOORE PATCH.jpg|thumb|center|125px]]
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
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ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, 
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<li>[[USS MOORE DE-240_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1946)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
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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.

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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.
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<th align="center" valign="center" width="100">DATE FROM<br/>to<br/>DATE TO</th>
<th align="center" width="250">THUMBNAIL LINK TO<br/>CLOSE-UP IMAGE</th>
<th align="center" width="100">THUMBNAIL LINK TO<br/>FULL COVER IMAGE</th>
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Locy Type<br/>2az*
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1946-04-25
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[[Image:JonBurdett_moore_de240_42546_pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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Straightline U.S.S. MOORE (DE 240) and killer bars added<br/>Ship used only Type z devices

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<h3>Other Information</h3>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Named in Honor of Seaman Fred Kenneth Moore USN (December 17 1921 - December 7 1941) killed in [[Pearl Harbor Heroes|Pearl Harbor attack]] while serving on [[ARIZONA_BB_39|USS ARIZONA BB-39]]. Seaman Moore remained at his station on antiaircraft gun No. 1 in spite of orders to take cover when the Japanese strafing became severe.  With two other members of the gun crew, he assisted in keeping the gun in operation until he was killed by an explosion.  Seaman 1st Class Moore was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross “for distinguished service, extraordinary courage and devotion to duty, and disregard for his own safety.
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