Allied Warships

USS Samuel B. Roberts (ii) (DD 823)

Destroyer of the Gearing class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassGearing 
PennantDD 823 
Built byConsolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.) 
Ordered14 Jun 1943 
Laid down27 Jun 1945 
Launched30 Nov 1945 
Commissioned20 Dec 1946 
End service 
History

Decommissioned at an unknown date.
Stricken 2 November 1970.
Sunk as a target off the coast of Puerto Rico 11 November 1971.

 

Commands listed for USS Samuel B. Roberts (ii) (DD 823)

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1T/Cdr. Clarence Thomas Doss, Jr., USN22 Dec 1946

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