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USS ''Samuel B. Roberts'' may refer to the following ships of the
United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...
: *, was a , commissioned in 1944 and sunk in the
Battle off Samar The Battle off Samar was the centermost action of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, one of the largest naval battles in history, which took place in the Philippine Sea off Samar Island, in the Philippines on October 25, 1944. It was the only major a ...
while defending the escort carriers (CVEs) of Task Unit 77.4.3 ("Taffy 3"). *, was a , commissioned in 1946 and struck in 1970. *, was an guided missile frigate, commissioned in 1986 and decommissioned in 2015.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Samuel B. Roberts United States Navy ship names