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Allied Warships

USS Moale (DD 693)

Destroyer of the Sumner class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassSumner 
PennantDD 693 
Built byFederal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down5 Aug, 1943 
Launched16 Jan, 1944 
Commissioned28 Feb, 1944 
End service2 Jul, 1973 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned and stricken 2 July 1973.
Sold 13 November 1974 and broken up for scrap. 

Noteable events involving Moale include:

3 Dec, 1944
In Ormoc Bay USS Allen M. Sumner (Cdr. N.J. Sampson), USS Moale (Cdr. W.M. Foster) and USS Cooper (Cdr M.A. Peterson) battle with the Japanese escort destroyers Kuwa and Take (both offsite links). During this battle USS Cooper sinks the Kuwa in position 10º50'N, 124º35'E with gunfire but Cooper herself is sunk in position 10°54'N, 124°36'E by a torpedo from Kuwa. Moale is damaged by gunfire during this action as is the Japanese Take.

Around 0145 hours the two remaining US destroyers retired from Ormoc Bay bound for San Pedro Bay where they arrived later that day.


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