| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Class | Edsall |
| Pennant | DE 240 |
| Built by | Brown Shipbuilding Co. (Houston, Texas, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 18 Jan 1942 |
| Laid down | 20 Jul 1942 |
| Launched | 21 Dec 1942 |
| Commissioned | 1 Jul 1943 |
| End service | 30 Jun 1947 |
| History | Decommissioned 30 June 1947. |
Commands listed for USS Moore (DE 240)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Henry Peter Michiels, USNR | 1 Jul 1943 | 6 Mar 1944 |
| 2 | Roy Herbert Jones, USNR | 6 Mar 1944 | 15 May 1945 |
| 3 | John S. Montedonico, USNR | 15 May 1945 |
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Notable events involving Moore include:
26 Nov 1944
From 26 November to 1 December 1944, Giovanni da Procida (T.V.(Lt.) F. Castracane Degli Antelminelli) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with Task Group 22.4 which was made up of the escort carrier USS Core (T/Capt. R.S. Purvis, Jr., USN, also COMTASKGR 22.4) and the destroyer escorts USS Moore (Lt.Cdr. R.H. Jones, USNR, with COMCORTDIV 7, Capt. T.S. Dunstan, USNR on board), USS Keith (Lt. J.L. Rinn, USNR), USS Tomich (Lt.Cdr. C.B. Brown, USNR), USS J. Richard Ward (Lt. E.B. Seeley, Jr., USNR), USS Otterstetter (Lt.Cdr. L.E. Whitmore, USNR), USS Sloat (Lt.Cdr. W.A. Cashman, USNR). USS PCE-846 (Lt. F.D. Andruss, USNR) was also in the area as close escort for the submarine.
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