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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 | |
| 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 | |
| 124k | DN-SD-01-09888, 960716-N-3708C-001. The US Navy's spruance class destroyer, USS MOSSBRUGGER (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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
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