Charles Johnes ‘Carl' Moore (19 December 1889 – 4 February 1974) was a Rear Admiral of the United States Navy.

He was the chief of staff of Raymond A. Spruance, commander of the Fifth Fleet, during the most important and significant naval campaigns of the World War II in the Pacific Theater: the Gilberts, the Marshalls and the Marianas.

His grandfather Jesse H. Moore was a brigadier general with distinction in the civil war and later became a member of congress.

His father Charles B. T. Moore served as lieutenant during the American-Spanish War and had raised the first flag of U.S. over Guam on the occasion of the take-over of the government by Navy Department on 23 January 1899.

His shore duty during these years included tours in the Navy Department and the Naval War College.

[7] At the outbreak of World War II, Moore was in command of the Cruiser Philadelphia on Atlantic convoy duty since 5 September 1941.

After his retirement, Moore became a fellow of Brookings Institution in Washington and worked there with the international studies groups until 1955.