USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413)

USS **Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413)** was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort commissioned by the United States Navy in April 1944. The ship gained legendary status during the Battle off Samar on October 25, 1944, when her crew bravely engaged a vastly superior Japanese fleet to protect American escort carriers. Despite being heavily outgunned and eventually sunk, Samuel B. Roberts inflicted significant damage on enemy ships and bought crucial time for the American task force to escape. The ship's extraordinary courage earned her and her crew the nickname "the destroyer escort that fought like a battleship" and a lasting place in naval history.