USS Samuel B. Roberts (DD-823)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Samuel B. Roberts.
USS Samuel B. Roberts (DD-823), a Gearing-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Samuel B. Roberts, a Navy coxswain who was killed evacuating Marines during the battle of Guadalcanal in 1942. The crew nicknamed the ship the "Steamin' Sammy B." for its busy schedule.
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United States | |
Name | USS Samuel B. Roberts |
Namesake | Samuel B. Roberts |
Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas |
Laid down | 27 June 1945 |
Launched | 30 November 1945 |
Commissioned | 22 December 1946 |
Decommissioned | 2 November 1970 |
Stricken | 2 November 1970 |
Fate | Sunk as a target, 14 November 1971 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gearing-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,425 long tons (2,464 t) |
Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) |
Beam | 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) |
Draft | 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) |
Propulsion | Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (45 MW) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Complement | 345 |
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The second Samuel B. Roberts was laid down on 27 June 1945 by the Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas; launched on 30 November 1945; sponsored by the namesake coxswain's mother; and commissioned on 22 December 1946.