 USS Moody in port sometime between 1920 and 1922
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Moody |
| Namesake | William Henry Moody |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 9 December 1918 |
| Launched | 28 June 1919 |
| Commissioned | 10 December 1919 |
| Decommissioned | 15 June 1922 |
| Recommissioned | 27 September 1923 |
| Decommissioned | 2 June 1930 |
| Stricken | 3 November 1930 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap 10 June 1931; resold to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for use in the 1933 film Hell Below in which it was sunk 21 February 1933 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,308 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 3 in (95.78 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft 11 in (9.42 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Range | |
| Complement | 122 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 4 × 4 in (100 mm) guns, 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun, 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Moody (DD-277) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy in commission from 1919 to 1922 and from 1923 to 1930. She was named for Secretary of the Navy (and future Supreme Court Justice} William Henry Moody.