Ordered from Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California on 28 February 1977 as part of the FY77 program, John A. Moore was laid down on 19 September 1978, launched on 20 October 1979, and commissioned on 14 November 1981.

Moore received three awards of the Navy Cross during his command, the last posthumously after Grayback was sunk in February 1944.

Decommissioned and stricken on 1 September 2000, she was transferred to Turkey as that nation's TCG Gediz (F 495).

In the season 5, episode 7 "Rogue" the ship played the fictional frigate USS Ellyson (FFG-19).

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