SAMUEL B ROBERTS DE 413
Ship Name and Designation History
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Keel Laid December 6 1943 - Launched January 20 1944 |
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Other Information
SAMUEL B. ROBERTS earned one battle star for World War II service
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - Presidential Unit Citation - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 1 star - WWII Victory Medal - Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation (retroactive) - Philippine Liberation Medal
NAMESAKE - Samuel Booker Roberts USNR (May 12 1921 - September 27 1942)
Roberts enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1939. Called to active duty in 1940, he served in USS CALIFORNIA BB-44 and USS HEYWOOD APA-6 before being transferred to the troop transport USS BELLATRIX AK-20.
In 1942, BELLATRIX was assigned to Task Group Four and became part of the Guadalcanal Assault Force. As a Coxswain for one of the assault (Higgins) boats, Roberts became extensively involved in the landing of Marines ashore and the transporting of supplies from ships at sea to what was a very tenuous beachhead. As a result of the heavy fighting at sea beginning August 7, Coxswain Roberts was transferred to the Beachmaster unit on the island of Guadalcanal to perform transport and medevac duties. Early on the morning of September 27 1942, Roberts volunteered for a rescue mission to save a company sized unit of marines who had been surrounded by a numerically superior Japanese force. Initially the rescue group of several Higgins boats were taken under heavy enemy fire and was perilously close to failure. Realizing the state of the rescue mission, Roberts unselfishly volunteered to distract the Japanese forces by passing directly in front of their lines and drawing their fire. The decoy act was performed effectively until all the Marines had been evacuated. However, as he was about to withdraw from the range of the Japanese guns, Roberts‘ boat was hit and he was mortally wounded. For his valor and courage in the face of enemy fire Coxswain Samuel Booker Roberts was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross
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