USS MOOSBRUGGER
- Name: USS MOOSBRUGGER
- Ship Class: Destroyer Tender
- Ship Number: DD 980
- Date Commissioned: 1975-03-11 00:00:00 UTC
- Status:
Ship History:
DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS
KEEL LAID: 3 November 1975
LAUNCHED: 23 July 1978
COMMISSIONED: 16 December 1978
COMPLEMENT: 20 Officers, 292 Enlisted
LENGTH: 563 Feet
DRAFT: 31 Feet
BEAM: 55 Feet
DISPLACEMENT: 9,000 Tons
FOOD STORES: 90 Days
FUEL CAPACITY: 580,000 Gallons
PROPELLERS: Dual 5 Bladed Controllable Reversible Pitch
RUDDERS: Dual 19 Ton
ANCHORS: Two 9,000 lb Navy Standard Stockless
FRESH WATER PRODUCTION: 12,000 Gallons per Day
SPEED: 30+ Knots
ARMAMENT
2 Close-In-Weapons Systems (CIWS) Gun Mounts
64-Cell MK41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) Launcher
2 Triple Tube Torpedo Launchers
2 Quad Harpoon Missile Launchers
8-Cell NATO Sea Sparrow Missile Launcher
2 5-Inch/54-Caliber Light-Weight Gun Mounts
AIRCRAFT
1 SH-60B LAMPS MK III Helicopter
PROPULSION
4 General Electric LM-2500 Marine Gas Turbine Engines
(Total 80,000 Shaft Horsepower)
The late Frederick Moosbrugger was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 9 October 1900, son of Jacob and Rosina (Keier) Moosbrugger. He entered the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland on 25 June 1919. Graduated and commissioned Ensign on 8 June 1923, he subsequently advanced through the various grades to the rank of Rear Admiral. He was transferred to the Retired List of the U.S. Navy on 1 October 1956, and was advanced to the rank of Vice Admiral.
Following graduation from the Naval Academy in June 1923, he had sea duty for four years, first in the USS NEVADA, then in USS TRUXTON, operating on the Yangtze River, China in 1926-27. He returned to the United States to serve briefly at Headquarters, 13th Naval District in May 1927.
He served aboard the USS BRAZOS from August 1927 to June 1929, after which he reported for submarine instruction. Completing the course in December 1929, he joined Submarine Division 12 for duty until April 1931 in the USS S-6. Returning to Annapolis as an instructor, he remained there for three years, then joined USS HOUSTON. He served aboard that cruiser from 1 June 1934 to 29 May 1937. He then reported for his second tour of duty at the U.S. Naval Academy, where he was an instructor in the Department of Ordnance and Gunnery.
Returning to duty afloat in June 1939, he joined the USS TENNESSEE as Gunnery Officer, and on 28 April 1941, assumed command of the USS MCCALL. He was in command at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, and subsequently directed the activities of that destroyer in close cooperation with a carrier task group to cover the reinforcement of Samoa, to conduct raids on Wake and Marcus, and to perform escort and screening duties in hazardous waters.
From May 1942 until September 1943, he had successive command of Destroyer Divisions 11 and 12, carrying out patrol and escort missions to Guadalcanal and the Russel Islands, supporting operations at New Georgia, Rendova, Vangunu, and patrolling the Solomon Islands.
Returning to the United States, he assumed command on 5 April 1946, in the rank of Captain, of the U.S. Naval School, General Line, Naval Base, Newport, Rhode Island. From June 1949 to January 1950, he commanded the USS SPRINGFIELD, after which he served as Commander Destroyer Flotilla One. In 1952 he became Commander Military Sea Transportation Service, Pacific Area, with headquarters in San Francisco, California.
In December 1952, he became Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California and, in December 1955, reported as Commander Training Command, U.S. Pacific Fleet.
In addition to the Navy Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with Combat “V,” and the Commendation Ribbon, Vice Admiral Moosbrugger received the Yangtze Service Medal, American Defense Service Medal, Fleet Clasp, the American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Philippine Liberation Ribbon, the Navy Occupation Service Medal, Asia Class, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal, and the United States Service Medal.
Vice Admiral Moosbrugger was married to Miss Dorothy E. Britt of Rydal, Pennsylvania in January 1932. He is survived by three sons, Frederick Britt Moosbrugger, Edward Arthur Moosbrugger and David B. Moosbrugger.