Please Report Any Broken Links Or Trouble You Might Come Across To The Webmaster
Please Take A Moment To Let Us Know So That We Can Correct Any Problems And Make Your Visit As Enjoyable And As Informative As Possible.

NavSource Online: Destroyer Photo Archive

DD-823 USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NAYO

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - BUCKSKIN

CLASS - GEARING As Built.
Displacement 3460 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 390' 6"(oa) x 40' 10" x 14' 4" (Max)
Armament 6 x 5"/38AA (3x2), 12 x 40mm AA, 11 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 36.8 Knots, Range 4500 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 336.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Consolidated Steel,Orange Texas June 27 1945.
Launched November 30 1945 and commissioned December 20 1946.
Decommissioned (?).
Stricken November 2 1970.
Fate Sunk as target off Puerto Rico November 11 1971.
Click On Image
For Full Size Image		 Size Image Description Contributed
By
Roberts 69kSamuel Booker Roberts, Jr., born in San Francisco, Calif., on 12 May 1921, enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve on 13 April 1939 at Portland, Oreg. He advanced to the rank of Coxswain and served continuously until his death on 28 September 1942. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism while serving on the crew of a landing craft that, despite intense enemy fire, rescued stranded marines from Guadalcanal. U.S. Navy Photo.Bill Gonyo
Roberts 141kUndated, Venice, Italy.Jack Phifer
Roberts 35kUndated, location unknown.Robert Hurst
Roberts 133k20 November 1948 photo of USS Leyte CV-32, USS Caloosahatchee AO-98 and USS Samuel B. Roberts DD-823, conducting underway replenishment during "Operation Frigid."Robert M. Cieri
Roberts 120kOur Navy Magazine, first issue of September 1953.Stanley Svec
Roberts 100kNaragansett Bay, circa 1959.Marc Piché
Roberts 44kQuebec July 1962.Marc Piché
Roberts 52kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski
USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS DD-823 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The hazegray Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Richard K. Rohde
Address: 9045 SW 91st Circle, Ocala, FL 34481-8404
Phone: 352 861-0616
E-mail: RKRohde@aol.com

Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

Back To The Main Photo Index To The Destroyer Index Page


Comments and Suggestions about this page, E-mail DestroyerInfo
Problems and site related matters, E-mail Webmaster

This Page Is Created And Maintained By Fred Willshaw (ex DD692)
All Pages Copyright © 1996-2008 Paul R. Yarnall © 2008 NavSource Naval History. All Rights Reserved.