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DE- 749 USS ROBERTS

CLASS - Cannon
Displacement 1,240 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 36' 7" x 11' 8" (Max)
Armament 3 x 3"/50, 2x 40mmAA, 10x 20mm AA, 3 x 21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's 2 DC racks.
Machinery, 6,000 BHP; 4 GM Model 16-278A Diesel Engines with electric drive, 2 screws
Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 186.

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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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 USN / Ralph Freese (Late president of the DESA).
Roberts 20kb undated YNC Robert L. Andersen, Ret
Roberts 32kb undated YNC Robert L. Andersen, Ret
Roberts 156kb undated YNC Robert L. Andersen, Ret
Roberts 59kb ship's patch Mike Smolinski

USS ROBERTS DE- 749 History
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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:Rande71777@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.


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