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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime.  
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during  
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
The list is in chronological order.
<ol>Knox Class Destroyer Escort<br/>
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Knox Class Destroyer Escort<br/>
Keel Laid August 25 1972 - Launched May 12 1973<br/><br/>
Keel Laid August 25 1972 - Launched May 12 1973<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS MOINESTER DE-1097'''<br/>Commissioned November 2 1974<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS MOINESTER DE-1097'''<br/>Commissioned November 2 1974<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS MOINESTER FF-1097'''<br/>Reclassified Frigate (FF-1097) June 30 1975<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS MOINESTER FF-1097'''<br/>Reclassified Frigate (FF-1097) June 30 1975<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS MOINESTER FFT-1097'''<br/>Reclassified Training Frigate (FFT-1097) December 31 1991<br/>Assigned to Naval Reserve Force, Atlantic, at Norfolk VA December 31 1991<br/>Decommissioned at Mobile AL July 28 1994<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS MOINESTER FFT-1097'''<br/>Reclassified Training Frigate (FFT-1097) December 31 1991<br/>Assigned to Naval Reserve Force, Atlantic, at Norfolk VA December 31 1991<br/>Decommissioned at Mobile AL July 28 1994<br/><br/>
<li>'''RASHID F-962'''<br/>Leased to Egypt July 28 1994<br/>Sold to Egypt March 25 1998
<li>'''RASHID F-962''' (Egyptian Naval Service)<br/>Leased to Egypt July 28 1994<br/>Sold to Egypt March 25 1998
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[[Image:Moinester_DE1097_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|150px]]
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<h5>Conflicting History Data</h5>


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<li>[[USS MOINESTER FF-1097_Covers_Page_1 | FF-1097 Page 1]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1990)</li>
<li>[[USS MOINESTER FF-1097_Covers_Page_1 | USS MOINESTER FF-1097 Page 1]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1990)</li>
<li>[[USS MOINESTER FFT-1097_Covers_Page_1 | FFT-1097 Page 1]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1994)</li>
<li>[[USS MOINESTER FFT-1097_Covers_Page_1 | USS MOINESTER FFT-1097 Page 1]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1994)</li>
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Locy Type<br/>FDC 2-1(n)
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1974-11-02
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Commissioning, cachet by the [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_71_USS_America_ | USS America Chapter No. 71, USCS]]
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Latest revision as of 04:35, 22 June 2025

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.

    Knox Class Destroyer Escort
    Keel Laid August 25 1972 - Launched May 12 1973

  1. USS MOINESTER DE-1097
    Commissioned November 2 1974

  2. USS MOINESTER FF-1097
    Reclassified Frigate (FF-1097) June 30 1975

  3. USS MOINESTER FFT-1097
    Reclassified Training Frigate (FFT-1097) December 31 1991
    Assigned to Naval Reserve Force, Atlantic, at Norfolk VA December 31 1991
    Decommissioned at Mobile AL July 28 1994

  4. RASHID F-962 (Egyptian Naval Service)
    Leased to Egypt July 28 1994
    Sold to Egypt March 25 1998


 

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Locy Type
FDC 2-1(n)

1974-11-02

Commissioning, cachet by the USS America Chapter No. 71, USCS


 

Locy Type
2-1(n) (USS)

1990-06-21

As FF-1097


 

Locy Type
9eft(n+u)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. M-97

1990-06-21

As FF-1097


 

Locy Type
2t(n+u)
(USS,FF)

1980-11-28

PNS Tippu Sultan D-168 (ex- USS Damato DD-871) visits Norfolk VA, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Other Information

Named in Honor of Lieutenant (jg) Robert William Moinester USNR (July 15 1943 - January 31 1968) When the TET offensive began on January 1 1968 during the Vietnam War, Lt. Moinester was attached to HUE DETACHMENT, NAVSUPACT DANANG, USNAVFORV. On January 31 he had organized his men into house-to-house searching detail in Hue, Danang Province, South Vietnam, where they came under hostile fire by a heavily entrenched enemy force. Lt. Moinester was killed outright. For his actions on that day he was awarded the Silver Star.

 


 

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