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Wow.The wreck of destroyer escort USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS [DE-413], sunk by gunfire from Japanese battleships and heavy cruisers off Samar on 25 October 1944, has been located at a depth of roughly 22,600 feet. This surpasses the USS JOHNSTON [DD-557] as the deepest known wreck in the world.
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Nevertheless, it decided to charge the Japanese ships without question. The CO, Lieutenant Commander Robert W. Copeland announced to his men:
I should have put this in quotes. I copied/pasted this from the article I linked in previous post.At the U.S. Naval Academy, in Alumni Hall, USS Samuel B. Roberts was referred as the “destroyer escort that fought like a battleship” in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.