Samuel Nobre Moore was an officer in the United States Navy

United States Navy

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 during World War II

World War II

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Biography

Born in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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, Moore entered the United States Naval Academy

United States Naval Academy

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 in 1909 and was commissioned Ensign in 1913.

From April 1914 to February 1915, he served on board and participated in the occupation of Veracruz

Veracruz

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. He served in from May 1915 to January 1917, and in while the United States participated in World War I

World War I

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During the interwar period, he held numerous naval posts ashore and at sea with the Atlantic

U.S. Atlantic Fleet

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, Pacific, and Asiatic Fleets. In command of Destroyer Division 21 from September 1937 into 1939, Moore organized the New England

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 section of the Neutrality Patrol

Neutrality Patrol

At the beginning of World War II, when Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 started the hostilities in Europe, President Franklin D...

 in late 1939. He took command of on 20 May 1942 and died on the night of 8–9 August 1942 when that cruiser was sunk while fighting in the Battle of Savo Island

Battle of Savo Island

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Namesake

In 1944, the destroyer

Destroyer

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was named for him, sponsored by Mrs. Samuel N. Moore.