John Anderson Moore

Navy Commander John Anderson Moore was born on January 12, 1910, in Brownwood, Texas. He attended the United States Naval Academy and was commissioned on June 2, 1932. He served on the USS Arizona, which was sunk by the Japanese on December 7, 1941, and transferred to submarine service in November 1934. Moore took command of the USS Grayback (SS 208) on June 29, 1943. He was a pioneer in the development of wolfpack tactics and submerged radar approaches, and the USS Grayback was in the first submarine wolfpack in the Pacific theater in World War II. Moore and his crew were listed as missing in action when they failed to return from a patrol, and he died on February 26, 1944. He received three Navy Crosses, the Purple Heart, and many other awards and decorations. The USS John A Moore (FFG 19), an Oliver Hazard Perry Class Guided Missile Frigate commissioned on November 14, 1981, was named in his honor.

Brownwood, Texas · United States