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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
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<ol>John C. Butler Class Type WGT Destroyer Escort<br/>
Keel Laid December 6 1943 - Launched January 20 1944<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS DE-413'''<br/>
Commissioned April 28 1944<br/>
SUNK (enemy action) October 25 1944 off Samar<br/>
89 of her crew were lost with the ship and remain on duty<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register November 27 1944
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the
ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for
example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same
ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner).
Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't
take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date
range for covers on that page.
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<li> Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a
separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set,
the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one
postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of
earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
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>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



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Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
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Postmark<br/>Date</th>
<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
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NO SAMUEL B. ROBERTS POSTMARKS<br/>AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
SAMUEL B. ROBERTS earned one battle star for World War II service<br/><br/>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
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<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Samuel Booker Roberts USNR (May 12 1921 - September 27 1942)<br/>
Roberts enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1939. Called to active duty in 1940, he served in [[CALIFORNIA BB 44|USS CALIFORNIA BB-44]] and [[HEYWOOD APA 6|USS HEYWOOD APA-6]] before being transferred to the troop transport [[BELLATRIX AKA 3|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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