About Revisions USS Moody (DD-277) San Pedro, CA More Info Max Depth: 141-150ft/43-46m Average Viz: 26-30ft/8-9m Entry Type: Boat Aquatic Life: Might See Something 5/04/2011 1:51 PM

Wickes/Clemson Class Destroyer


The USS Moody (DD 277) was laid down by Bethlehem Ship building Corp., Squantum, Mass, 9 December 1918 and launched 28 June 1919, within a half hour of the Henshaw, another four stack destroyer. The launch was sponsored by Miss Mary E. Moody, sister of Justice Moody, a former US Supreme court justice and Secretary of the Navy.


Commissioned at Boston 10 December 1919 with Comdr. James D. Wilson in command, she was assigned to the Pacific Fleet and the Moody departed Boston 9 February 1920, loaded torpedoes and ammunition at Newport, R.I., and steamed via New York, Guantanamo and the Panama Canal to the west coast, arriving San Diego on the 31st. The flush-decked four stacker operated along the California coast through June and then departed San Francisco 1 July for Washington where on the 10th she went on an inspection tour of Alaskan coal and oil fields and looking for possible fleet anchorages, touching nine ports including Sitka, Duncan Bay, and Juneau. Returning to San Diego 31 August, she operated off the California coast in training and in battle exercises until her decommissioning 15 June 1922.
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