USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_Samuel_B._Roberts_(DE-413)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkb:John_C._Butler-class_destroyer_escort
gptkbp:armament 2 × depth charge tracks
1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar
4 × 40 mm AA guns
8 × depth charge projectors
10 × 20 mm AA guns
2 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
3 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
1 battle star
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_off_Samar
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkbp:beam 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Brown_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Houston,_Texas
gptkbp:class gptkb:John_C._Butler-class_destroyer_escort
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_Robert_W._Copeland
gptkbp:commissioned 28 April 1944
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 222
gptkbp:displacement 1,350 tons
gptkbp:draught 9 ft 5 in (2.87 m)
gptkbp:endDate 1944
gptkbp:fate sunk in the Battle off Samar
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:DE-413
gptkbp:laidDown 6 December 1943
gptkbp:launched 20 January 1944
gptkbp:length 306 ft (93 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Samuel_B._Roberts
gptkbp:nickname "the destroyer escort that fought like a battleship"
gptkbp:notableFor heroic action against overwhelming Japanese forces
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Task_Unit_77.4.3_(Taffy_3)
gptkbp:propulsion 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USS_Dennis_(DE-405)
gptkb:USS_John_C._Butler_(DE-339)
gptkb:USS_Raymond_(DE-341)
gptkb:USS_Walter_C._Wann_(DE-412)
gptkbp:speed 24 knots
gptkbp:startYear 1944
gptkbp:sunkBy 25 October 1944
Japanese naval gunfire
gptkbp:survivorsRescued 120
gptkbp:wreckDiscovered June 2022
gptkbp:wreckLocation gptkb:Philippine_Sea
6,895 meters (22,621 feet)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5