Samuel B. Roberts

Trivia

 * She is known in naval lore as, "the destroyer escort that fought like a battleship."
 * She was known as a "tin-can" because her size and lack of armor.
 * During the Battle of Samar her captain was Robert W. Copeland, famous for the quote: "This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can."
 * She was asigned to the Atlantic on the biginning of the war ... After hitting a whale and recieving some damaged, she was refitted, repainted and assigned to the Pacific. You can see the whale doll on her bag.
 * In 1946 the DD-823 a Destroyer of the Gearing-class was named in ther honor, she served from 1946 to 1970.
 * In 1984 the FFG-58 a Guided Missile Frigate of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class  was named in her honor, she served from 1986 to 2015.
 * She reciebed most of her damage from Kongou, taking the fatal hit at 8:51 am on one of her magazines.