Samuel N Moore (DD 747) - Naval Cruise Book

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started for NEW YORKL y I . I ,Q 51 'nNOR'.E'OLK 'une 71,67 p ' Alter two mOEqTHyheiQ Qhe wns,pleced under the commend of gON?TXgg'gBSUgpgg?2,, gn September 20th, in compdny mith the desti royers, COLLETT and HHYNSWORTH, the SAMULL N, NOONE put out or Nmw harbor as. an 63001--D for f'E1'mgJ1.1S lfw'iii.Li3., Cff1I'.lf'yEIlQ' STQN CHURCHILL, Prime Minister of GREAT BRiTAIN been to LNOLAND. The American escort was presently relieved by e Nritish cruiser, X and the SAMUEL N, MOORE proceeded independently to the port oi - BOSTON.. Prime Minister CHURCHlLL.sent the ioilOUlUS S?Q0L1NSQ t WThenK You for Your very efficient escort. It 15 H NLUUSUTU L0 Q be at see again with the American Nevy.' it On September 25th, the USS SAMUEL N. MOORE left BOSTON, end, with the cruiser PASADENA, set n course toward the Oelowere Capes. In DELAWARE BAY they rendczvoused with the powerful h5,000 ton battleship WISCONSIN, and four other destroyers, end on the 27th proceeded cn route to CRISTOEnL, PANAMA CANAL BONE. p On the 2nd dey of October in l9hh the ships passed through the PANAMA QANAL, and tha SAMUEL N. MOORE became e mcmhor or the vest Pacific Fleet, moored in BALBOA, G.Z., on tho Pacific side of the Isthmus. ' Four days later tho ships get underway for SAN DITGO, CnLIFOR- NIA. On tho Sth the MOORE and the COLLNTT left thc formation end proceeded at incrooscd speed to their destination. Two dsys after- ward the SAMUEL N. MOORE further increased speed and proceednd I ahead of the GOLLETT in order to arrive in SAN DIEGO for en emerg- ency eppendectomy that would have to bc performed upon e.member of the ship's company. At OILS she docked in the Naval Repair Base, SAN DIEGO, and at 1757 the some dey was egein underway with the COLLETT en route PEARL hnRBOR, lonving one of hor crew in o hospital on the beech. M I Operating out of PEARL HARBOR, the ship engaged in more train- ing oxercisea for on elroody welletreincd crow. These included nv, hr practice shore bombardment of herrcn KOEOOLMNN Islend in the Nownitn Group, in which tho destroyer proved herself to he worthy of the mm trust thot hed been put in her. ' p I C E The SAMUEL N. MOORE Loft Ponrl on October 25th, end on the fel lowing dey rcndenvensed with the carrier YORKTONN and three other destroycrs,'MnelNGRnNnM, OiBRINN, and COLLNTT, to proceed to NNINET ATOLL, in tho MLRSHnLL ISLANDS, where they anchored on the Blst. Thb 'next morning the company of ships stood out or NNINETOK for ULITNI, in the WESTERN GAROLINES, En route they ren the gauntlet of the Ju ancse-held Caroline Islands, including tho Jn? bose et TNUK. Alth- ough the Japanese rndio rep rtod the YORKTONN ond hor escort had ,been sunk, they actually were under attach at no time during the if even though snoopors were detected in the vicinity. We concluded that being roportod sunk by o Joponoeo Communique whs not e porti, erly uncomfortable riporiencc, ' ' I PK FOFOF, 38 tht his Us Q JO .Ill H illllndll lti1'.Lfliu'X. Vo iH.UiD .iflxlkv U , ,ill N3 xJo , c irist Cklflikfi tamdr Lcarcc Lrui rnwvc-two d xnior 1 r ' - A I A ' 3 v ' ' ' . ' '- , V+ .. . xx .- F. ' . .. z.n TASL GROUP 38.h ior offensive notion against tho onony. 1 lj '

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Usb SAMUIL N MOORE KDDYLYJ 'FW'-i k3iUl0l0l0f0F1l'N ik F9FPiJkPlfi0i0k9rPkPl0lfPF9F5l0k3FPF nugby in New York Cityg O, the Navy Yard at Brook- I of its noise and conf X Bethlehem Steel Compeny's at STAT N IbLnNO Rc r Admlrel Monroe KELLY, USN, addenda d the newly organlzed cr v Jhlcn wss tethered on her fsnteil, with e few words and wltnout fenr re commissioned the USS SAMUEL MOORE LDD7h7l us e flgntlno unlt or tlr UNITED STATES NAVY. I After flHlShlHO touches nd checkuos hed been meds in the Navy ard, the snlp mrda three uit run round LONG I3LnNU for testingldt CdllbT8tlOH of her equlpnent, 1d then, on the l3th of July, cast off from the 33rd Street pler n BROOKLYN for BERMUDA on her Shakedown CFUlSb Oper tlng out or GR l UOUNU, BLRMUDA, the SAMUEL MOORE and nor crew node ready for ect1on. Through days of firing, t3CtlC I MHHGUVLTIHU, entl sublerlne crsctlce, end other wer-like 6lOTC1o6o, the Ilhhs wel r lt t ned out of the ship. What few faults she hee weft iound no wroneo out The crew becsme a well- A or eHlZ d tear, end xlthlr u month the b.MUEL N. MOORE was en effio- L ent flfhtlng unrt .iw tion n Qu J hlbh sweed run beck to NEW'YORK 4 re such edJustuents no ch nLos Llc hekedown hed proved to be The SeMULL N hOORh'S flTSt ll slon ufter she hed been shaken down was spec: l e perllent l work for tie Navel Research Laboratory. :he StOomGQ oil NHwfOUNDLhND nunlng SWOCI l tests, end keeping s aeethel cyt out lor tnrer Nu 1 suhmsrlne , Known to be in the vicin- tg, whlch h d o n proylng on Alllcd shlpping out of the port of 1. 5 On th 9th of Q lttmbcr, the S.NU L N MOOHM wes once enoin , ' tied ug 1n BROOKLYN, CL the 35th str t p1er,but her stey was short, and cerly on one ncrnlne or the leth, hu wee UHGUPWGY, to be moored in th t erternoon ut the Navel Oge rtlnb Base et NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, re sho hed report d for iurthcr c uTClSLS. . On th lhtn, e HUTIICQHO sae t up from the south, end the ship cked uwry irom hcl plCl to meet the elements. In her frrst test th the wlnu and set, the ShMU'I N hOORE,emergod VlCtOTlOQS. In ling, wlnd to see ChLSAPurKL B Y, he rode out the hurrlcene that t end sunk the UGS wAMRINGTON OPI the FLONIUA Coast. On the nc d y, out Ol NORFOLK on more cxetlimentel work of the Same e as thot whlch h d t ken her lnto northern waters two weeks 1 e the STNUEL N MOORL encounttled the British freighter EMPIRE , which h d been dem, od ln the storm, was listing badly, end L ed of H dlc 1 ttehtlon lor bfulv lnjured member of her crew. y N MOORm'S doctor wus sent to the freighter ln the dest-, , 's motor whole boat no d te ves QlVuH to the demeged vessel,

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gn the 7th the SAMUEL N MOGRE joined the remainder of her vaadron C Destroyer Squadron 615 in the screen of TASh GROUP 38 n four days liter, as a unlt of T G 38.1, saw strikes launched agalnst enemy shlpplng in ORMOC BAY, in the PHILIPPINVS On the 11th ard lhth the force struck central and southern LUZON, and on the 19th Mlppopg a well, felt th brunt of the carrler based air ett or f fble attempts t let ll tlon were swiftly dispatche by the guns nd lxtrpid alrmen oi the powerful Task Force. The Zhth of November found t e group ste mlng ln to anchor at ULITHI, wn re rep lrs nd ovelhauls were continued until the lOth of the Iollowlrg month, wn n the MQWQ wlth part of T Sh PROUU 38 steamed out ior further 8CtlOH The n vt dey the shlp holned the remainder of TASI PVCT' 38 e anc he ded for the war torn Phlllp pine watfrs L Ol W S L t red by d y by Hell ats, Helldlvers, an pveng r , und t hlght t QAVU 1 O RE, with three other destroy rs, WOl7G e colt the light carrler IIDV Prplygr, out of thg qaln T h Proup to op 1 te lndependently, launching night fl h ers to heck e th en my through the hours of eerhness The air lields th t dotted LUZOI w re Ilt eg ln 1nd eg ln, keeplng grounde Ol d stroylng tk J pane e llenfs, whlle our ground forces landed on th be ches of IIVDKPO only after the larLHJ,s had been successfully 8CCOmpllSh6d W the force ciugnt ln the n w oi a tropical typhoon th t was able to do wh t the Teps could ot stop our offenslve operftlons strucl 1t tll when the shlps were about to fuel, nd B6fOlG the fury of the st lh had b te ny ol the de troyers hed Just abou exhausted trelr fu l supply Elg carllers, like the WISP and the HUPVVW, were t llng OllQ water over thelr fllght decks forward, bettl skins nd crulscrs were dar.ged, and thlee destrolers went down The S, TCE s nk only e wort dlstanoe from the SAMUWL N M0 TF and w s not efn to YO down The ships were IOlIlHg so bad that even the oper tlon of rec r wes lnpalred Of thehyndreds wx m nned the rll fated de troyers, only 8h were picked up during the s-arch thft th- more fortun te DD's made durlng the next few days Th6 Use JVLL, wlth th most men s ved of eny of the s nk-n shlps, c'rr1ed to the bottom ill but 53 of her crew of approxlm tely 275 men Tre Log,H tool part lH a search for Iurthel survlvors, but without sueeefs Of the crew oi the USQ LOhPGhlN only sir men su, vived Th f st, llght ClTllLTS, OO'PFVp and LONE HEY, were bud be-t n by the storm, and reny plenes from all the CHTll6TS would fight no more, h vlng been washed into the sea The see more powerful then the wo Ks of m n h-d sent the fle t limping beck t port On the dey before Christmas, the 7 7 once geln d op ed ancho ln the lwgoon t ULITKI on Chrl tmas day the wo.K of readylng th ships for combat w-s in full SWlHg ter takes no holldays On th 30th, the SAMUEL V NQQLE was once egain underway, this tlme as a member of TASK GROTP 33 l v On the 3rd and hth days of January l9L5, the force StFU0K thi enemy stronghold of Formosa. Then, on the 6th end 7th, the alr- fields end enemy shipping in the eree eround LUWON end MANILA werf shateered, The 9th sew the planes of TASK FORCE 33 bldiigng FOHMC again, supporting the troops going shore on LUZON et Life Yen Gulf as they had supported the assault of nlntono. on the same day, the