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DE- 442 USS ULVERT M. MOORE

CLASS - John C. Butler
Displacement 1,350 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 36' 8" x 13' 4" (Max)
Armament 3 x 5"/38, 4x 40mmAA, 10x 20mm AA, 3 x 21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's 2 DC racks.
Machinery, 12,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed: 24 Knots; Range: 6000 NM @ 12 knots; Crew: 186.

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Federal Shipbuilding, Port Newark NJ on 2 December 1943, Launched 7 March 1944
Commissioned 18 July 1944, Decommissioned 22 May 1946
Recommissioned 27 January 1951, Decommissioned 10 October 1958
Stricken 1 December 1965

Fate: sunk as target off San Nicholas Isle, California on 13 July 1966 (aircraft from Coral Sea CVA-43 and surface gunfire)

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Ulvert M. Moore 52k builder's photo, July 1944 Alan Guard
Ulvert M. Moore 35k builder's photo, July 1944 Alan Guard
Ulvert M. Moore 45k builder's photo, July 1944 Alan Guard
Ulvert M. Moore 49k final builder's photo, July 1944 Alan Guard
Ulvert M. Moore 108k forward 20 and 40mm guncrew (40mm shell passer:August Crisp on left; pointer: Tom Collins in center; loader: F.Hoffman on right; T. Shamblin at director) Alan Guard
Ulvert M. Moore 72k score two for the good guys Alan Guard
Ulvert M. Moore 82k the ship’s mascot, ready for duty Alan Guard
Ulvert M. Moore 86k Tulagi (CVE-72), the carrier we operated with as part of a hunter-killer group Alan Guard
Ulvert M. Moore 155k rough seas off the coast of Mexico, Oct. ‘44 Alan Guard
Ulvert M. Moore 194k Frank Esposito and Frank Pulicare in a game of stickball on the fantail Alan Guard
Ulvert M. Moore 105k Entertainment was simple for self-starters, and always got a great reception. Lt. Bill Bell at the organ, and Lt. Hugo Francis on the harmonica. Alan Guard
Ulvert M. Moore 121k we were all very grateful we never had to use our torpedoes Alan Guard
Ulvert M. Moore 75k MM1 Joe Timko tests his home made diving rig before going down to assess damage to the bilge keel. Carpenter's Mates August Crisp and Paul Hand look on. Alan Guard
Ulvert M. Moore 15k undated, postwar © John Strohmaier
Ulvert M. Moore 71k Moore coming alongside Wiseman (DE-667), photo taken in 1957 Jim Blessitt GM3
USS Wiseman
(DE-667), 1957-59

View the Ulvert M. Moore (DE-442)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site (Not presently available.).
Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Alan H. Guard
Address: 66 St. Clair Drive / Delmar NY 12054
Phone: (518) 439-4223
E-mail:Alan Guard



Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


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