USS Samuel N . Moore ( DD - 747 ) USS " Samuel N . Moore " ( DD - 747 ) , an " Allen M . Sumner " - class destroyer , is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Samuel N . Moore . He took command of " Quincy " ( CA - 39 ) on 20 May 1942 and died on the night of 9 August 1942 when that cruiser was sunk while fighting in the Battle of Savo Island . " Samuel N . Moore " ( DD - 747 ) was laid down on 30 September 1943 by the Bethlehem Steel Company Shipbuilding Yard , Staten Island , New York ; launched on 23 February 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . Samuel N . Moore ; and commissioned on 24 June 1944 , Commander Horatio A . Lincoln in command . World War II . Following shakedown off Bermuda , the new destroyer steamed , via the Panama Canal and Pearl Harbor , to the Pacific war zone , arriving at Ulithi on 3 November 1944 . There she joined the Fast Carrier Task Force and defended Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher ' s flattops from enemy aircraft and submarines . The carriers that she guarded launched numerous air strikes against Japanese positions in the Philippines , the Ryukyus , Formosa , the Pescadores , Indochina , China , and the Japanese home islands . She was damaged by a typhoon on 5 June 1945 . In an attack on the night of 22 and 23 July , she launched torpedoes at enemy shipping off the east entrance to Sagami Wan , Japan . She rescued one aviator on 10 June and two more on 18 July . After Japan capitulated , " Samuel N . Moore " aided occupation forces , visiting Shanghai and Tsingtao , China , and Pusan , Korea . From 1947 into 1950 , she operated off the west coast . Departing San Diego on 1 May 1950 , she steamed to the western Pacific . Korean War . In response to North Korea invading South Korea , she headed north from Hong Kong on 27 June . During the summer and fall , she served off Korea , before returning to San Diego on 11 February 1951 . Sailing again for the Far East on 1 December , she guarded carriers and bombarded enemy shore installations in Korea from February to May 1952 before returning to San Diego on 26 June . Steaming from Long Beach on 2 February 1953 , she returned to Korea . Defending the fast carriers again , she visited Koje Island in March . In April , she aided the defense of Yang - do Island and patrolled near Chongjin ; in May , she fought enemy shore batteries at Wonsan Harbor . In June , she patrolled the Taiwan Strait ; and , in July , she provided shore bombardment off Korea . After the end of fighting in Korea , she returned to Long Beach on 30 August . Departing Long Beach on 4 May 1954 , she cruised with antisubmarine forces in the western Pacific ; patrolled Taiwan Strait , and visited the Tachen Islands on 19 August , before returning to Long Beach on 5 December . From 1955 through 1959 , she made annual deployments to the western Pacific , visiting the Philippines , Taiwan , and Japan . In 1960 and 1961 , she served with a specialized antisubmarine task force in the western Pacific , before conducting operations off the West Coast in 1962 and 1963 . Vietnam . From 13 March to 2 October 1964 , " Samuel N . Moore " was away from Long Beach on another deployment to the western Pacific . In August , during the crisis following the Gulf of Tonkin incident , " Samuel N . Moore " supplied ammunition to " Maddox " ( DD - 731 ) , and transferred documents from " Maddox " and " Turner Joy " ( DD - 951 ) to " Ticonderoga " ( CV - 14 ) . Sailing from the West Coast for the western Pacific on 28 September 1965 , she provided gunfire support off Vietnam , operated as a plane guard in the South China Sea , and fired on targets in the Mekong Delta , before returning to Long Beach on 8 April . Getting underway again for the western Pacific on 28 March 1967 , she patrolled off North Vietnam , as part of Operation Sea Dragon , and protected aircraft carriers in the Tonkin Gulf , before arriving at Long Beach on 20 September . Underway from Long Beach to the western Pacific on 18 July 1968 , she again conducted several shore bombardments and guarded carriers in the Tonkin Gulf before returning to Long Beach on 26 February 1969 . In April , she became a Naval Reserve training ship at Tacoma , Washington . Decommissioned on 24 October , she was struck from the Navy list that day . She was sold on 10 December 1969 to the Republic of China , in whose navy she served as " Heng Yang " ( DD - 2 ) until she was stricken in May 1995 . " Samuel N . Moore " received five battle stars for World War II , three battle stars for Korea , and seven battle stars for Vietnam . References . She crossed the equator sailing to Brisbane , Australia on 19 January 1969 .