sentences:  In command of Destroyer Division 21 from September 1937 into 1939, Moore organized the New England section of the Neutrality Patrol in late 1939.He took command of on 20 May 1942 and died on the night of 8–9 August 1942 when that cruiser was sunk while fighting in the Battle of Savo Island.In 1944, the destroyer was named for him, sponsored by Mrs. Samuel N. Moore.