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Van Rensselaer Moore

USN (O-36028). American

Born  18 Oct 1895Hudson, NY
Died  19 Aug 1942(46)

Roster information listed for Van Rensselaer Moore


ShipTypeRank / roleAttacked onBoat
West CelinaSteam merchantLieutenant Commander19 Aug 1942 (+)U-162 (1)

Personal information

Son of James Clark and Adelaide I. Moore; husband of Nadia Sydkova Moore, of San Diego, CA. Van Rensselaer Moore joined the US Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD on 3 September 1915 and after graduating in 1918 he served the last three months of World War One with the Destroyer Force based at Brest, France. Retired from the US Navy on 30 June 1940, returned to active service to serve as convoy commodore.

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