USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413)

USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413)

USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy which served in World War II, the first of three U.S. Navy ships to bear the name.

USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413)

Samuel B. Roberts was named after Coxswain Samuel Booker Roberts Jr., a Navy Cross) recipient, who had been commended for voluntarily steering a Higgins boat) towards enemy forces at Guadalcanal, in order to divert fire from evacuation efforts being undertaken by other friendly vessels. The ship was nicknamed the "Sammy B".

Construction and commissioning

!Launch of Samuel B. Roberts on 30 January 1944

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