Samuel B Roberts Uss. Painting History Honoring the Legacy of USS Samuel B. Roberts DE413 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 ROBERTS was the third ship in the US Navy to bear the name
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Roberts was named after Coxswain Samuel Booker Roberts Jr., a Navy Cross recipient, who had been commended for voluntarily steering a Higgins boat towards enemy forces at Guadalcanal, in order to. Roberts (FFG-58) was commissioned on April 12, 1986
Roberts was named after Coxswain Samuel Booker Roberts Jr., a Navy Cross recipient, who had been commended for voluntarily steering a Higgins boat towards enemy forces at Guadalcanal, in order to. Roberts, an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate, was commissioned in April 1986 He advanced to the rank of Coxswain and served continuously until his death on 28 September 1942
. Decommissioned on May 22, 2015, the ship was subsequently laid up at the former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard until towed to Brownsville, Tx., for scrapping in late 2022. Roberts may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: USS Samuel B
. Repaired and returned to duty, the ship served until decommissioned in 2015. Roberts, an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate, was commissioned in April 1986