USS Moffett

USS Moffett

USS Moffett

USA

III Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
5.0	5.0	5.0

Class:

PREMIUM

Destroyer

Purchase:1 750

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Description

The Porter-class, USS Moffett (DD-362), 1942 is a premium rank III American destroyer with a battle rating of 5.0 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update "New Power".

General info

Survivability and armour

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Mobility

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Mobility Characteristics
Game Mode	Upgrade Status	Maximum Speed (km/h)		Turn Time (s)	Turn Radius (m)
		Forward	Reverse
AB	Stock	___	___
	Upgraded	84	35
RB/SB	Stock	___	___
	Upgraded	69	29

Armament

Primary armament

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Secondary armament

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Anti-aircraft armament

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Torpedo armament

The Moffett is equipped with 8 × 21 inch (533mm) Torpedo Tubes. Positioned into twin mounts. One placed just behind the rear smoke stack and the other between the two smoke stacks.

Special armament

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Usage in battles

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Modules

Tier	Seakeeping	Unsinkability		Firepower
I	Dry-Docking	Tool Set		5 inch Common MK.32	20 mm HE	Anti-Air Armament Targeting
II	Rudder Replacement	Fire Protection System	Smokescreen	5 inch Common MK.46	20 mm AP	Auxiliary Armament Targeting
III	Propeller Replacement	Shrapnel Protection	Ventilation	5 inch AAVT MK.31	Improved Rangefinder	Primary Armament Targeting
IV	Engine Maintenance	New Pumps	Ammo Wetting	Torpedo Mode	Bomb Mortar
This is a premium vehicle: all modifications are unlocked on purchase

Pros and cons

Pros:

• High Rate of Fire
• Twin Quadrople Torpedo Tube Mounts (Totaling 8 tubes)
• Beefy AA Armament
• Top Speed of 37 Knots (69 km/h)
• Main Guns can use
• Utilizes Anti-Frag Armor to protect Crew and Internal Components

Cons:

• Poor Survivability against larger ships
• Shorter Torpedo distance compared to Japanese Destroyers

History

USS Moffett (DD-362) underway on March 26th 1944. Note that she retained her original armament throughout the course of the war, while her sister ships typically had a turret removed to counter their top-heaviness.

USS Moffett was forth of the class to be commissioned and the the third destroyer of the Porter class to be launched. She was a inter-war destroyer design built for the US Navy. Commissioned in late 1936, the Moffett was immediately put to service as a peacekeeper in the South American theatre. She escorted President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Atlantic Charter Conference with Winston Churchill, and saw active service as a convoy escort in the Atlantic theatre. During her time as a submarine escort, she contributed to the sinking of two U-boats. Moffett was decommissioned after the end of the war, and scrapped in 1947.

The USS Moffett received her namesake from the "Air Admiral" and "Architect of Naval Aviation", William Adger Moffett, and was sponsored by the (by then) later Admirals daughter Beverly Moffett. American Rear Admiral is most noted for his in-depth involvement of Naval Aviation tactics, supporting the navy in building the USS Langley, USS Lexington, and USS Saratoga, and his advocacy of the development of lighter-than-air craft (dirigible) prior to his death on the USS Akron.

No other US Naval ship has since bared the name USS Moffett

Design and development

The Moffett was a member of the Porter class, a class of eight American destroyers intended to replace the preceding Farragut class. Despite being initially designed in 1916, the ships were not built until the early 1930s. Intended to fit within the 1,850-ton displacement limit of the London Naval Treaty, Moffett ended up displacing almost 2,700 tons full as the design was improved. She was 116 metres long, and with 50,000 shaft horsepower, could make 37 knots (69 km/h). Her main armament consisted of eight 5-inch (127 mm) single-purpose guns in four double mounts. She also carried a variety of anti-aircraft defences, and eight torpedo tubes in two quadruple mounts.

Moffett was laid down in 1934 by the Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, and was launched in December of 1935. After being completed, she was formally commissioned on August 28th, 1936.

Operational History

After her commissioning, the Moffett was immediately put to use in peacekeeping operations. She sailed as part of the Southern Atlantic Neutrality Patrol in 1941, which was responsible for maintaining peace off of the coast of Brazil. During this time, she also escorted President Franklin D. Roosevelt to his conference with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Labrador, Canada.

Following the American entry into World War II, Moffett served as a convoy escort in the Atlantic ocean. It was during this time that she achieved her first submarine kill; this occurred when the Moffett sighted a U-boat that had been previously attacked by allied PBM Mariners. She, along with destroyer USS Jouett (DD-396), successfully sank the submarine using gunfire. Just three months later, Moffett was escorting another allied convoy when she encountered another submarine, U-604. Following a chase that lasted a week, the Moffett managed to severely damage the submarine using depth charges, which led to its scuttling.

Moffett spent the remainder of the war as a convoy escort, defending allied convoys travelling from the Caribbean to Europe. She returned to the US in 1945 to receive a refit, but the war ended while she was still in the drydock. As a result, Moffett was decommissioned, and scrapped in 1947. She received two stars for her service during the war.

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See also

Links to articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:

• https://www.nationalaviation.org/our-enshrinees/moffett-william-adger/
• links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links

Bibliography

• Willishaw, F. (1996). USS Moffett (DD-362). Retrieved November 29, 2020, from http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/362.htm
• The Tin Can Sailors. (1996). USS Moffett. Retrieved November 29, 2020, from http://www.destroyers.org/histories/h-dd-362.htm

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