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DE- 413 USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS

Class: John C. Butler Type:WGT (geared-turbine drive, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,350/1745 tons Dimensions: 306' (oa) x 36' 10" x 13'4" (max)
Armament: 2-5"/38, 4 (2x2) 40mmAA, 10-20mm AA, 3-21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's, 2 DC tracks
Machinery: 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 6000 nm@12 knots Crew: 14 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Brown Shipbuilding, Houston TX on 6 December 1943
Launched 20 January 1944, Commissioned 28 April 1944

Fate: Sunk by Japanese warships off Samar 25 October 1944
89 members of her crew were lost with the ship and remain on duty.
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S.B. Roberts 13k photographed about June 1944, while off Boston MA Courtesy of Robert F. Sumrall, 1980. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
S.B. Roberts 76k shortly before her sinking on 24 October 1944 during a running gun battle with the Main Japanese Fleet, during the Battle of Samar USN

USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS DE- 413 History
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(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Joint Reunion USS Samuel B. Roberts, Johnston/Hoel Association
October 24 through October 28, 2004, San Diego CA
Contact Name: Richard K. Rohde
Address: 9045 SW 91st Circle / Ocala FL 34481-8404
Phone: (352) 861-0616
E-mail: rkr6@cornell.edu


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
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association

USS Samuel B. Robert Survivors Association

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