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	49k	Samuel Nobre Moore was born in Washington, D.C., on 7 September 1891. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy from 1909 until 1913 and served mainly in destroyers up to the United States' entry into World War I in 1917. For the next few years, Lieutenant Moore was assigned to the battleships Michigan and Minnesota. During the first half of the 1920 he served in the destroyers Jacob Jones and Flusser, at the U.S. Naval Academy, and with the First Naval District. Lieutenant Commander Moore was stationed at Tutuila, Samoa, in 1925-27, then was assigned to the submarine tender Canopus. From 1928 into 1932, he was Commanding Officer of the destroyers MacLeish, Hazelwood and Lamberton, and then served in the light cruiser Omaha. After promotion to the rank of Commander in 1934 Moore was stationed at the U.S. Naval Academy, attended the Senior Course at the Naval War College, and commanded Destroyer Division 21. In the latter position, he organized the Neutrality Patrol for the New England area following the outbreak of World War II in September 1939. He served in Washington, D.C., with the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations from early 1940 and achieved the rank of Captain later in that year. In May 1942, he took command of the heavy cruiser Quincy. On 9 August 1942, during the night Battle of Savo Island, Captain Samuel N. Moore was killed in action on the bridge of his ship. Photo #: 80-G-K-13910. Captain Samuel N. Moore, USN, photographed circa 1941, while he was assigned to the Navy Department in Washington, D.C. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.		Bill Gonyo
	28k	Undated, location unknown.		Joe O'Neill, CPO USN-Ret
	72k	Undated, taken upon return from first tour of duty in Korea to San Diego.		Cecil A. Oliver, Jr
	113k	Undated, USS Samuel N. Moore (DD-747) underway, location unknown. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration photo # 19-N-67987.		Robert Hurst
	28k	Undated, location unknown in World War II camouflage.		Tommy Trampp
	114k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	43k	Launching February 23 1944 at Staten Island.		Ron Reeves
	192k	Taken on July 11, 1944, shortly after commissioning. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 11a.		Bob Culver
	175k 124k	USS Maddox (DD-731) and USS Samuel N. Moore (DD-747) in Nanaimo Harbor, B.C., Canada in 1949 for Victoria Day.		Jim Barr
	94k	San Diego, CA May 1950.		Marc Piché
	230k	USS Hancock (CVA-19) underway, circa 1957. CAPT Charles Joseph Odend'hal, Jr., Commanding. AJ-2 Savages from VAH-6 "Fleurs" are amidships, AD Skyraiders aft. Destroyers USS Samuel N. Moore (DD-747) and USS Maddox (DD-731) are to starboard and port of Hancock, respectively.		The Odend'hal Family
	259k	September 8 1958, location unknown.		Ed Zajkowski
	89k	USS Dixie (AD-15) with the USS Southerland (DDR-743), USS Samuel L. Moore (DD-747), USS Rowan (DD-782) and USS Gurke (DD-783) alongside in Yokosuka, Fall 1959.		Derick Hartshorn
	314k 273k	Yokosuka, October 7 1961, with the Moore and 10 other destroyers being serviced by the USS Piedmont (AD-17)		Ed Zajkowski
	167k	Left to right, USS Evans (DE-1023), USS Hooper (DE-1026), USS Jenkins (DD-447), USS Samuel N. Moore (DD-747) and USS Piedmont (AD-17) in Subic Bay 1966.		Lee Noland
	77k	Pulling away from the USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692) during Operation Sea Dragon off the coast of North Vietnam, Spring 1967.		Eric Bollin
	156k	View from the USS Hancock (CVA-19) in April 1967 off the coast of Vietnam, the Moore was re-fueling from the USS Passumpsic (AO-107).		Charles Dehnert
	167k	As above.		Charles Dehnert
	86k	A set of seven (7) images from the Change of Command ceremony of July 17 1969 as CDR Donald John Mattson is releived by LCDR John Doroshuk Jr. - CDR Mattson is 2nd left (i.e., center), the woman foreground, right, is likely the CDR's wife, Jean.		Jim Hart
	138k	As above. - Mattson on the left, and I'm not sure about the two officers on the right as one is, I believe, a CDR and the officer on the right a LCDR, and your site reports the Moore's skipper after Mattson was a LCDR. The USS Brush (DD-745) in the background.		Jim Hart
	85k	As above.		Jim Hart
	124k	As above. - Back right, under the cannon, standing, my father and older brother, next to each other, in suits and ties, looking down. My brother would join the Navy shortly thereafter and serve on the Dennis J. Buckley (DD-808) as a sonar operator from '69 to '71.		Jim Hart
	77k	As above. - CDR Mattson, center.		Jim Hart
	85k	As above. - Not at all sure, but LCDR second left may be assuming command; the CDR at podium I don't know. USS Repurtus (DD-851) in background.		Jim Hart
	82k	As above. - CDR Mattson, left; officer at podium unknown.		Jim Hart
	68k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
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CDR John Bernard Smith    Mar 1 1948 - Nov 11 1949
CDR Robert Hume Wanless    Nov 11 1949 - 1951
CDR Everett Marsalis (Easy) Glenn    1951 - 1952
CDR John Richard Blackburn    1952 - Sep 4 1954
CDR Lowel Edwin Darby    Sep 4 1954 - Nov 1 1956
CDR Edward Wood Donnally    Nov 1 1956 - Jun 1 1958
CDR Hollis Clifton Rawls Jr.    Jun 1 1958 - Mar 15 1959
CDR John R. Bohlken    Mar 15 1959 - May 26 1962
CDR Robert Emmett McCabe Jr.    May 26 1962 - Oct 30 1963
CDR Ralph Samuel Cerney    Oct 30 1963 - ? 1964
CDR Ward Keith Martin    ? 1964 - Mar 20 1967
CDR Donald John Mattson    Mar 20 1967 - Jul 17 1969
LCDR John Doroshuk Jr.    Jul 17 1969 - Oct 24 1969