USS Samuel B. Roberts (DD-823)

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History
United States
Name	USS Samuel B. Roberts
Namesake	Samuel B. Roberts
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down	27 June 1945
Launched	30 November 1945
Commissioned	22 December 1946
Decommissioned	2 November 1970
Stricken	2 November 1970
Fate	Sunk as a target, 14 November 1971
General characteristics
Class and type	Gearing-class destroyer
Displacement	2,425 long tons (2,464 t)
Length	390 ft 6 in (119.02 m)
Beam	40 ft 10 in (12.45 m)
Draft	14 ft 4 in (4.37 m)
Propulsion	Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (45 MW)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement	345
Armament	6 × 5"/38 caliber guns 12 × 40 mm AA guns 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 × depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge tracks

USS Samuel B. Roberts (DD-823), a Gearing-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Samuel B. Roberts, a Navy coxswain who was killed evacuating Marines during the battle of Guadalcanal in 1942. The crew nicknamed the ship the "Steamin' Sammy B." for its busy schedule.

The second Samuel B. Roberts was laid down on 27 June 1945 by the Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas; launched on 30 November 1945; sponsored by the namesake coxswain's mother; and commissioned on 22 December 1946.