Samuel B Roberts (DD 823) - Naval Cruise Book

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Swcutiifc Offiffl' LlFLlTVti,3iiT ffQ,','.f.'AltrlfTf1?133 CHARLES 13. POREOA, USN Lieutenant Commander Charles 13. POHEOA relieved as Executive Officer in November 1965. A native of New London, Connecticut, LCO1? POREOA graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in June 1954. He served as First Division Officer on USS CUSHlNO COO-7971 from July 19541 to July 1955. He next was Signal Officer and Fifth Oivision Officer on USS BOSTON CCAO-11 from October 1955 to AUQUS1 1957. Following this he served as Ooerations Officer aboard USS HOOKS COO-80411 from September 1957 to July 1959. After two years as a student at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, LCOR POREOA was Executive Officer on USS FENCH COER-3281 from August 1961 until August of the following year. His last duty before coming to USS SAMUEL B. FQOBER ' C ' ' ' TS was as Force Communications Officer on the staff of Commander, Cruiser Oestroyer Farce, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. im.. 1

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fx U16 ,jlfl an and the lzzjv l Samuel B. RoberTs, Jr., Coxswairi USNR WGS msihumousiy award- A 'TOClmdThGWQlOvy Cross Tor his heroism aT Guadalcanal in The Solomon ls- 5- Sn U.S. Marines 'v.X f ere backed inTo The sea, Their evacuation was madenpossible when S.B. RoberTs drew enemy Tire wiTh his Hig- gins boaT . WiTh his boaT driven hard up on The beach This 21 year old youTh man d h' ' - ' me 'S mocllme QW OQainsT hopeless odds and ToughT Ten- aciously To save his comrades, Th? flrsihslilp bear The name was a desTroyer escorT CDE-Lilfij com- SAMUEL B. ROBERTS mlfsliongd m AST WM only lo be SWT The iOllOlf'-me UCWDGT in GCTiOn W ic did crediT To her namesake. Under LCDR COPELAND, The DE engaged enemy cruisers in The BaTTle oT LeyTe GulT. The ship ToughT ggglomilbf Und WGS Sunls only aTTer having Tired Three Torpedoes and over rounds oT ammuniTion aT her adversaries. The bravery and devoTion To .dEllY Of. one Third Class Ounner's MaTe named Carr was Typical of The Shlp s spiriT. As mounT capTain, he conTinued To aTTempT To load his gun mounT demolished by an enemy hiT. The presenT USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS CDD-8335 is a GEARING class desTroyer which in early Eebruary l962 compleTed an eleven monTh ERAM Mlil iEleeT RehabiliTaTion and Moderniza- fgonj of The Rhiladelphia Naval Shipyard. This conversion included The insTallaTion of ASROE fAnTi-Submarine Rocl4eTsD and DASH lDrone AnTi-Submarine HelicopTerD, giving The ship greaTer range and desTrucTive capabiliTies Than Those aTTorded by ouT-daTed depTh charge TacTics. The SAMUEL B. ROBERTS is The second U.S. warship To bear ThaT name. The original SAMUEL B. ROBERTS CDE-l1l3D was losT on 25 OcTober l91l1l, oTT Samar T.-.fhile heroically defending an escorT carrier Task group againsT Japanese cruisers in The BaTTIe of LeyTe Gulf. This ship was named Tor a Navy Coxswain, posThumously awarded The Navy Cross Tor deliberaTely drawing enemy Tire wiTh his Higgins BoaT during The evacuaTion of wounded Marines aT Guadalcanal. The presenT USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS was builT by The ConsolidaTed Sfeel EorporaTion Ship- yard, Orange, Texas and was commissioned There 20 December l91lo. The ship is 3906 long wiTh an exTreme breadTh oT lil' and a speed in excess oT 3l l4noTs. The SAMUEL B. ROBERTS has 60,000 horsepower C30,000 per shaTTj and a displacemenT of 3,1160 Tons. Her crew numbers abouT 2110 men and lo oTTicers. ln addiTion To The ASROC and DASH, The armamenT includes Two 5 f38 Twin mounTs and 2 seTs oT MK-32 Torpedo Tubes on The 0l level Torward. The SAMUEL B. ROBERTS has operaTed in The NorTh and SouTh ATlanTic, NorTh and SouTh Rac- ific, MediTerranean, NorTh Sea, Red Sea, China Sea, Rersian Gulf, and lndian Ocean. She has com- pleTed eighT cruises To The MediTerranean, one To SouTh America, one oTher cruise around The world and several visiTs To our immediaTe neighbors oT Canada, CenTral America, and The WesT Indies. The SAMUEL B. ROBERTS is currenTly a uniT of DesTroyer Squadron TWENTY-EOUR, Des- Troyer EloTilla TWO, Cruiser DesTroyer Eorce, U.S. ATlanTic EleeT. She is The TirsT ERAM l des- Troyer To be homeporTed in NewporT, Rhode lsland. f44k'k4k4f4x,'k4i'Ky44k'Y tf4t,k tfftiki 1k'k4ti:K it 'ktxfiiiiixffi i +1 4 4 1+ ir ,K +1 mf fkvkxly 4 'PK l1'i'44'