At Samar, USS Samuel B. Roberts charged battleships and cruisers four times her size. “We’ll do what damage we can,” said her captain, Robert Copeland—and they did. Her guns roared until she sank, buying time for the carriers to escape. She was the destroyer escort that fought like a battleship. #WWII #SamuelBRoberts #Taffy3 #LeyteGulf #BattleOffSamar #USNavy | The Reliable Narrator

USS Samuel B. Roberts, world's deepest shipwreck, discovered off Philippines

Sunken warship uncovered

Heroic Destroyer USS Samuel B. Roberts Is Now the Deepest Wreck Ever Discovered

Explorers find world’s deepest shipwreck, the USS Samuel B. Roberts, in Pacific