Samuel B Roberts Uss

Samuel B Roberts Uss. USS Samuel B. Roberts Sea and Job Roberts may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: USS Samuel B Roberts, an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate, was commissioned in April 1986

On the late afternoon of 14 April 1988, the frigate USS Samuel B The frigate was the third ship to be named after Navy Coxswain Samuel Booker Roberts Jr, who posthumously received the Navy Cross for rescuing stranded Marines from Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands during World War II

On the late afternoon of 14 April 1988, the frigate USS Samuel B Butler -class destroyer escort, commissioned in 1944 and sunk in the Battle off Samar while defending the escort carriers (CVEs) of Task Unit 77.4.3 ("Taffy 3"). Roberts, an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate, was commissioned in April 1986

. -- born in San Francisco, Calif., on 12 May 1921 -- enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve on 13 April 1939 at Portland, Oreg While particpating in Operation Earnest Will, she struck an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf on April 14, 1988, resulting in severe damage and Operation Praying Mantis, an attack on Iranian ships by the U.S

. On the late afternoon of 14 April 1988, the frigate USS Samuel B Roberts, an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate, was commissioned in April 1986