USS Samuel B. Roberts: The Destroyer Escort that fought like a Battleship

(Part II of II) During the Battle off Samar, heroism was in no short supply amongst the ships of Taffy 3. When confronted with the guns of IJN Chokai and IJN Chikuma, the John C. Butler Class Destroyer Escort USS Samuel B. Roberts would define the phrase "Heroism above and beyond the call of duty." Outnumbered and outgunned The Roberts, Johnston, Hoel and Heerman would charge the Japanese battleline in the hopes of inflicting as much damage as possible on the enemy and delay their drive toward the Landing Beaches. In the aftermath of what history would remember as the US Navy's finest hour, The Roberts would plunge into the darkness of Leyte Gulf taking with her 90 of her crew, but succeeding in her mission, and forever earning her place in history as The Destroyer Escort that Fought Like a Battleship Song: Last Stand Artist: Sabaton Footage: Victory at Sea: Leyte Gulf, Dogfights Death of the Japanese Navy Subject: USS Samuel B. Roberts