Years of service ?-1944 Battles and wars East China Sea Commands held USS Grayback | Battles/wars East China Sea Rank Commander Name John Moore | |
Born January 12, 1910
Brownwood, Texas ( 1910-01-12 ) Awards Navy Cross (3)
Purple Heart Medal Died 1944, Okinawa Island, Ginoza, Okinawa, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan Place of burial Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Taguig, Philippines | ||
Service/branch United States Navy Allegiance United States of America | ||
John Anderson Moore (January 12, 1910 – February 26, 1944) was a United States Navy submarine commander who was killed in action during World War II. He had been awarded three Navy Crosses and a Purple Heart Medal before his death. The U.S. Navy frigate USS John A. Moore (FFG-19) is named in his honor.
Moore had boxed and played soccer at the United States Naval Academy. He served on R and S class submarines, before assuming command of the submarine USS Grayback (SS-208) on its last three patrols during 1943-1944. Under the overall command of innovator Charles "Swede" Momsen, Grayback, USS Cero (SS-225) and USS Plunger (SS-179) launched the U.S. Navy's first attack against enemy shipping using "wolfpack" tactics. Moore was credited with multiple events of "extraordinary heroism" in repeated forays against Japanese vessels in the East China Sea before being killed during the last of the Grayback's patrols.