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USS MORAY
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| 21 APR 1943 | Keel Laid by Cramp Shipbuilding Company Philadelphia, PA |
| 14 MAY 1944 | Launched Sponsored By Mrs. Styles Bridges ( wife of the New Hampshire Senator ) |
| 26 JAN 1945 | Commissioned with Commander Frank L Barrows Commanding Officer |
| 31 JAN 1945 | Departed Philadelphia PA Enroute New London CT |
| 01 FEB 1945 | Arrived New London CT Shakedown training in New London and off Newport RI |
| 14 APR 1945 | Departed New London CT Enroute Balboa, Panama, C.Z. Cruising with Carp (SS-338) and Gillette (DE-681) |
| 25 APR 1945 | Arrived Balboa, Panama, C.Z. |
| 05 MAY 1945 | Departed Canal Zone Enroute Pearl Harbor |
| 21 MAY 1945 | Arrived Pearl Harbor for Final Training |
| 07 JUN 1945 | Departed Pearl Harbor Enroute the Marianas |
| 20 JUN 1945 | Arrived Saipan |
| 27 JUN 1945 | Departed Saipan for First War Patrol Moray is senior unit of a coordinated attack group including Sea Poacher (SS-406), Angler (SS-240), Cero (SS-225), Lapon (SS-260), and Carp (SS-338) |
| 01 JUL 1945 | Arrived Patrol Area off Tokyo Commander Barrows in Moray assigned stations for lifeguard duty |
| 07 JUL 1945 | Moray begins special mission as picketboat southeast of Honshu in preparation for 3d Fleet bombardment |
| 09 JUL 1945 | Moray returns to lifeguard duty |
| 10 JUL 1945 | Moray and Kingfish (SS-234) attack a Japanese convoy off Kinkazan, Honshu Allowing Kingfish to attack first, Moray then moved in to fire six torpedoes and pulled out to rearm. Kingfish went in for a second try as one of Moray's torpedoes hit a whaler and sank it. No other shipping was sighted. |
| 16 JUL 1945 | Patrol shifted to the Kurile Islands |
| 06 AUG 1945 | War Patrol completed at Midway Awarded one Battle Star |
| [14 AUG 1945] | [Japan Capitulates] |
| 01 SEP 1945 | Departed Midway enroute San Francisco |
| [02 SEP 1945] | [Japan formally signs surrender decree] |
| 11 SEP 1945 | Moray arrived San Francisco for deactivation overhaul at Mare Island Navy Yard |
| 12 APR 1946 | Decommissioned |
| xx JAN 1947 | Joined Pacific Reserve Fleet |
| 01 DEC 1962 | Redesignated AGSS-300 |
| 01 APR 1967 | Struck from the Navy List |
| 18 JUN 1970 | Sunk as a target off Southern California |
Dad spoke often and well of the Moray.
This site is dedicated to him and to the crew.
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