Frederick Moore was born on May 18, 1914, in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated from Boston College in 1936, and entered the Aviation Cadet Program of the U.S. Navy on May 9, 1937. Moore was commissioned an Ensign in the U.S. Navy and was designated a Naval Aviator at NAS Pensacola, Florida, on August 1, 1938. His first assignment was as a pilot with VF-5 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) at NAS North Island, California, from September 1938 to September 1940, followed by service as Executive Officer of the Naval Flight School at NAS Pensacola from October 1940 to March 1943. LT Moore was assigned to Pearl Harbor in March 1943, and joined VF-1 as an F6F Hellcat pilot aboard the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) in June 1943. He served as Executive Officer of VF-1 before serving as Commander Air Group 35 aboard the escort aircraft carrier USS Chenango (CVE-28) from March 1944 to January 1945. His next assignment was as a staff officer with Training, Fighter Squadrons, in the Officer of the Chief of Naval Operations at the Pentagon from January 1945 to June 1946, followed by General Line School at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island, from July 1946 to June 1947. CDR Moore served as Commander of Fleet Aircraft Service Squadron 11 at NAS North Island, California, and at Pearl Harbor from July 1947 to December 1949, and he then attended Joint Forces Staff College at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, from January to May 1950. His next assignment was as Commanding Officer for Air Training at NAS Pensacola from June 1950 to December 1951, followed by service as Air Officer aboard the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) from January 1952 to June 1953. He attended Naval War College at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island, from July 1953 to July 1954, and then served as Faculty Staff at the Naval War College from August 1954 to July 1956. CAPT Moore next served as Operations Officer with Commander Carrier Division 4 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CVA-59) from August 1956 to February 1958, and he then served as Assistant Head of the Special Weapons Branch in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations in the Pentagon from March to November 1958. He served as Navy Representative to the Atomic Branch with the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Pentagon from December 1958 to August 1961, and then as Commanding Officer of the ammunition ship USS Suribachi (AE-21) from August 1961 to October 1962. CAPT Moore served as Commanding Officer of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CVA-60) from November 1962 to September 1963, and then as Chief of Staff of Carrier Division 6 aboard the aircraft carriers USS Independence (CVA-62) and USS Shangri-La (CVA-38) from October 1963 to January 1965. While serving as Commanding Officer of USS Saratoga, he participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis with his ship in December 1962. His next assignment was as a Service Staff Officer in the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Pentagon from February to October 1965, followed by service as Chief of Staff, Naval Air Training Command, at NAS Pensacola from October 1965 to June 1969. He retired from the Navy on July 1, 1969, and Flew West on August 2, 1969. He was buried at Barrancas National Cemetery on NAS Pensacola.

His 1st (of 2) Legion of Merit for Valor Citation reads:

For exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commanding Officer of an Air Group operating against enemy Japanese forces in the Pacific Area from March 15 to November 28, 1944. Inculcating in the pilots of his group his own indomitable fighting spirit, Lieutenant Commander Moore directed the operations of his command with brilliant tactical skill and resourceful initiative, maintaining his unit at the peak of battle efficiency and striking repeated blows at Japanese strength in the enemy-held islands of Palau, New Guinea, the Marianas, Halmahera and Leyte, to inflict devastating loss and destruction upon a ruthless and fanatic enemy despite savage opposition. An inspiring leader, Lieutenant Commander Moore, by his outstanding executive ability, decisive judgment and relentless determination in the face of tremendous odds, contributed materially to the success of our powerful aerial offensive in these strategic areas and to the prosecution of the war in the Pacific Theater.