Wreck of USS Samuel B Roberts Discovered - It's the World's Deepest!

[buffnut453]

Thought the good folk on this forum would find this interesting:

USS Samuel B Roberts: World's deepest shipwreck discovered

The US Navy ship "Sammy B" sank off the Philippines in a ferocious WWII battle with the Japanese.

www.bbc.com

Some amazing footage and photos.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

I heard about this the other day. Great news.

 

[Gnomey]

Cool!

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[vikingBerserker]

Thank you! That is the first article on it I've read that was accurate. The AP had one out saying it was a destroyer, showed a picture of a sister ship that was actually a Fletcher class destroyer and stated it was sunk by the IJNS Yamato.

 

[Prop Duster]

Well the AP got some things right, she was a US Navy ship, was sunk, was in a battle with the IJN. See? Isnt that realy all you need? Facts can be such pesky things , dont you think? .

 

[SaparotRob]

Facts have always been an annoyance.

 

[ARTESH]

The Other SBR was hit in Persian Gulf!

IIRC, there was a 3rd one as well.

 

[EwenS]

The Other SBR was hit in Persian Gulf!

IIRC, there was a 3rd one as well.

The second one was a Gearing class destroyer

USS Samuel B. Roberts (DD-823) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The third one was the Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate mined in the Persian Gulf in 1988

USS Samuel B. Roberts (DD-823) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[machine shop tom]

Thought the good folk on this forum would find this interesting:

USS Samuel B Roberts: World's deepest shipwreck discovered

The US Navy ship "Sammy B" sank off the Philippines in a ferocious WWII battle with the Japanese.

www.bbc.com

Some amazing footage and photos.

I wish my dad were alive to see this. The last time he saw the Robers was when it turned and headed toward the Japanese fleet and history.

 

[ARTESH]

I wish my dad were alive to see this. The last time he saw the Robers was when it turned and headed toward the Japanese fleet and history.

May his soul rests in eternal peace.

 

[GrauGeist]

When I was in High School, I had a job aboard USN Naval Shipyard, Long Beach and my boss was a retired Navy Chief.
He served aboard Destroyers in WWII and his DD was sunk during the Battle of Samar.

We never did find out which Tin Can he served aboard during the battle and he never spoke about it.