William A. Moffett - Namesake

Namesake

• The USS Moffett (DD-362) was named for him.
• The naval air station that he helped establish near Sunnyvale, California was renamed Moffett Field in his memory soon after his death.
• Mount Moffett, a mountain in Alaska.
• John Phillip Sousa's march, "The Aviators" is dedicated to William J. Moffett, the man responsible for Sousa’s commission in the American Navy during World War I.