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DE- 749 USS ROBERTS

CLASS: Cannon TYPE: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,240 tons (std) 1,620 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 10" x 11' 8" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 knots Range: 10,800 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 15 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Western Pipe, San Pedro CA on 7 July 1943, Launched 14 November 1943
Commissioned 2 September 1944
Decommissioned 3 March 1947, placed "in service", Assigned to NRT, 5th Naval District at Norfok VA
Recommissioned (in reserve) 13 August 1950
Recommissioned (full) 2 October 1961 for the Berlin Crisis, Resumed NRT duties 1 August 1962
Decommissioned (placed "In Service) 1 October 1964
Placed "Out of Service" 21 September 1968, Stricken 23 September 1968

Fate: Sunk as target in November 1971

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By And/Or Copyright
Tills 94kb Tills (DE-748) and Roberts (DE-749) going through the Panama Canal during WWII, taken from Hemminger (DE-746) Robert Taylor
Roberts 86k undated, post-war USN / Ralph Freese (Late president of the DESA).
Roberts 20kb undated, post-war YNC Robert L. Andersen, Ret
Roberts 32kb undated, post-war YNC Robert L. Andersen, Ret
Roberts 156kb undated, post-war YNC Robert L. Andersen, Ret
Roberts 82kb Grand Cayman Island, Spring ‘62 EM3 Jay Jones
(1962 - 1964)
Roberts 72kb depth charge EM3 Jay Jones
(1962 - 1964)
Roberts 102kb gun mounts 31 & 32 looking aft EM3 Jay Jones
(1962 - 1964)
Roberts 99kb gun mount 33 looking aft EM3 Jay Jones
(1962 - 1964)
Roberts 108kb depth charge crew at the ready EM3 Jay Jones
(1962 - 1964)
Roberts 948kb main deck aft looking forward EM3 Jay Jones
(1962 - 1964)

USS ROBERTS DE- 749 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information


Contact Name: YNC Robert L. Andersen (ret)
Address: 3610 Benson Ave. / Baltimore MD 21227
Phone: (410) 644-9251
E-mail:Robert Andersen

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.


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