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	14k	Vice Admiral Frederick Moosbrugger (9 October 1900 - 1974) was an officer of the United States Navy eventually attaining the rank of Vice Admiral. He is best known for his service in World War II as a highly successful commander of destroyer squadrons.		Bill Gonyo
	26k	Undated, location unknown.		-
	137k	Undated image from her construction in the NAVSEA Journal.		Bob Bush
	114k	Undated, location unknown.		David Buell
	72k	April 1 1982, location unknown An aerial starboard bow view of the destroyer USS Moosbrugger (DD-980) underway.		Fred Weiss
	73k	July 1 1983, location unknown An aerial starboard bow view of the destroyer USS Moosbrugger (DD-980) underway.		Fred Weiss
	60k	USS Moosbrugger DD 980 in Gibraltar on 23rd March 1991.		© Daniel Ferro
	55k	Mar. 2, 1993, Port Everglades, Florida. A pair of commercial tugs escort the destroyer USS Moosbrugger (DD-980) into port.		Fred Weiss
	101k	DN-SC-93-02765. A bow on view of the nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser USS Virginia (CGN 38) berthed at the pier of Port Everglades, Florida and the destroyer USS Moosbrugger (DD 980) nested outboard, during a port call. Both ships are currently serving with NATO's Standing Naval Force Atlantic. Photo by OS2 John Bouvia on 2 March 1993.		Robert M. Cieri
	58k	Barcelona, Spain June 19 1993.		Marc Piché
	40k	Barcelona, Spain June 19 1993.		Marc Piché
	78k	July 15 1993, the US Navy`s spruance class destroyer, USS Moosbrugger (DD 980) launches a RIM-7 sea sparrow missile during phase zero of UNITAS 37-96. UNITAS is an annual operation in which a US Navy task group conduct combined exercises with participating navies.		Fred Weiss
	143k	DN-SD-01-09891, 960802-N-1030S-001. Sailors on board the US Navy's spruance class destroyer USS MOOSBRUGGER (DD 980) heave over a fuel line and probe from the US Sealift supply ship USNS KANAWHA (TAO 196), during underway replenishment operations off the coast of Venezuela, during phase one of operation UNITAS 37-96. UNITAS is an annual operation in which a US Navy task group conduct combined exercises with participating navies. Photo by PH1 J. Slaughenhaupt, August 2 1996.		Bill Gonyo
	306k	An MK-46 exercise torpedo is launched from the US Navy Spruance class destroyer, USS MOOSBRUGGER (DD 980), homeported in Mayport, Florida, during phase two of UNITAS 37-96, off the coast of Brazil. The annual UNITAS Operation involves combined tactical at-sea operations, Amphibious Operations, and in port exercises with participating South American Forces. UNITAS is an annual operation in which a US Navy task group conduct combined exercises with participating navies. 960821-N-1030S-001. Photograph by PH1 J. Slaughenhaupt, USN.		Bill Gonyo
	124k	DN-SD-01-09888, 960716-N-3708C-001. The US Navy's spruance class destroyer, USS MOOSBRUGGER (DD 980) fires its forward gun mount during phase zero of UNITAS 37-96. UNITAS is an annual operation in which a US Navy task group conduct combined exercises with participating navies. Photo by JO2 Joe Clak, July 16 1996.		Bill Gonyo
	111k	960801-N-1030S-001. Atlantic Ocean, August 1 1996, an SH-60F Seahawk of Antisubmarine Helicopter Squadron (light) Four Six (HSL 46) "Grandmasters" approaches the Spruance-class destroyer USS Moosbrugger (DD 980), for a vertical replenishment at sea, during UNITAS 37-96. UNITAS is a yearly, multinational naval deployment exercise. Every year since 1960, several United States Navy vessels have circumnavigated the South American continent, participating in maneuvers with local navies. This circumnavigation alternates each year between clockwise and counterclockwise. Photo by: PH1 J. Slaughenhaupt.		Robert M. Cieri
	51k	September 18 1996, the US Navy`s spruance class destroyer , USS Moosbrugger (DD 980) transits the Chilean Inland waterway around the southern tip of South America.		Fred Weiss
	46k	Laboe, Germany June 19 2000.		Marc Piché
	66k	Portsmouth, England September 2 2000.		Marc Piché
	32k	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, August 31 2002.		Roy J. Brooks
	148k	USS Comte de Grasse (DD-974), USS John Rodgers (DD-983), USS Moosbrugger (DD-980) and USS John Hancock (DD-981) in Philadelphia Navy Yard, April 2003.		Ed Zajkowski
	105k	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, September 2004, USS Butte (AE-27), in the background, starting from left to right: USS Moosbrugger (DD-980), USS John Hancock (DD-981) and USS El Paso (LKA 117).		Jon White
	100k	Moosbrugger awaiting scrapping at the Port of Brownsville, TX, August 28 2006. Photo copyright Michael Martin.		Joe Gardella
	86k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	380k	Ship's patch from the Granada Operation.		Larry Backus
	85k	Ship's Zippo.		Tommy Trampp

CDR Robert Noel Giuffreda    Dec 16 1978 - Feb 26 1982

CDR Donald Alvin Dyer    Feb 26 1982 - May 11 1984 (Later RADM)

CDR Richard Martin Reass    May 11 1984 - Jun 25 1986

CDR Otto William Spahr III    Jun 25 1986 - Oct 14 1988

CDR Frank Benjamin Guest III    Oct 14 1988 - Oct 24 1990

CDR Craig Pinard Sackett    Oct 24 1990 - Jul 15 1992

CDR Christopher Michael Moe    Jul 15 1992 - Apr 22 1994 (Later RADM)

CDR Stephen Clark Nimitz    Apr 22 1994 - Feb 16 1996

CDR Dennis Thomas Stokowski    Feb 16 1996 - Sep 5 1997

CDR Dennis Ourlian    Sep 5 1997 - Mar 12 1999

CDR Joseph Andrew Spata    Mar 12 1999 - Dec 15 2000