USS Moffett (DD-362)

History
USS Moffett (DD-362)
United States
Name:	Moffett (DD-362)
Namesake:	William Moffett
Builder:	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down:	2 January 1934
Launched:	11 December 1935
Commissioned:	28 August 1936
Decommissioned:	2 November 1945
Struck:	28 January 1947
Fate:	sold for scrapping 16 May 1947
General characteristics
Class and type:	Porter-class destroyer
Displacement:	1,850 tons
Length:	381 ft 1 in (116.15 m)
Beam:	36 ft 11 in (11.25 m)
Draught:	10 ft 4 in (3.15 m)
Speed:	37 knots (69 km/h)
Complement:	194 officers and enlisted
Armament:	As built: 1 × Mk33 Gun Fire Control System, 8 × 5"(127mm)/38cal SP (4x2), 8 × 1.1"(28mm) AA (2x4), 8 × 21"(533mm) T Tubes (2x4), 2 × Depth Charge Stern Racks c1945: 1 × Mk33 Gun Fire Control System, 8 × 5"(127mm)/38cal SP (3x2), 4 × Mk51 Gun Directors, 12 × Bofors 40mm AA (2x4,2x2), 6 × Oerlikon 20mm AA (6x1), 8 × 21"(533mm) T Tubes (2x4), 2 × Depth Charge Stern Racks

USS Moffett (DD-362) was a Porter-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for William Moffett.

Moffett was laid down 2 January 1934 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts; launched 11 December 1935; sponsored by Miss Beverly Moffett, daughter of Rear Admiral Moffett; and commissioned at Boston, Massachusetts 28 August 1936, Commander Andrew H. Addoms in command.

Moffett left Newport, Rhode Island, her base for Atlantic Fleet operations between 1936 and 1941, on 24 April 1941, joining the South Atlantic Neutrality Patrol off Brazil. After the fall of France, she operated out of Puerto Rico with a force guarding against hostile action by a Vichy-inclined admiral commanding the French West Indies fleet based at Martinique and Guadeloupe. She left her South Atlantic duty in August 1941 to protect Augusta, which was carrying President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Atlantic Charter Conference with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at NS Argentia, Newfoundland.