"USS Samuel B. Roberts, hero of Battle off Samar, found." Topic

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William Warner	27 Jun 2022 11:44 a.m. PST
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Editor in Chief Bill	27 Jun 2022 12:28 p.m. PST
Deepest shipwreck ever, 4 miles down. USS Gambier Bay still not located.
Escapee	27 Jun 2022 12:31 p.m. PST
Amazing, and good to see it after all this time.
Dn Jackson	27 Jun 2022 2:22 p.m. PST
The very definition of 'brave'.
William Warner	27 Jun 2022 2:30 p.m. PST
A fantastic book on the Battle off Sumar is The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James D. Hornfischer. Loaded with first-hand accounts.
Virtualscratchbuilder	28 Jun 2022 4:25 a.m. PST
The other three DEs often get the short end of the praise stick. They were in the grey too. Not to take away the heroics of the Roberts and the 3 Fletchers.
ColCampbell	28 Jun 2022 12:07 p.m. PST
Even the Today Show carried the report with some amazing video of the wreck. I've read The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors – excellent account of the action off Samar. Jim
Choctaw	29 Jun 2022 12:55 p.m. PST
"We're making a torpedo run. The outcome is doubtful, but we will do our duty."
Mserafin	29 Jun 2022 1:21 p.m. PST
I always thought it was ironic, but illuminating, that the 1,350-ton Roberts had more advanced fire control radar than the Yamato, which was practically the only Japanese ship to have it at all.

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