Operation Praying Mantis, the ruthless US Navy response to the mining of USS Samuel B. Roberts by Iranian ships, had begun on ...
It only seems fitting that the crew of the ship's namesake, the USS Copeland, would gather in Bremerton to talk about their bond and the crew of the Roberts. The USS Samuel B. Roberts was ...
No love affair ever ended with more animosity than that of Iran and the United States. To this day, the two countries are constantly antagonizing each other. Since the 1979 Iranian Revolution that led ...
The littoral combat ship USS Canberra (LCS 30) sails in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility on May 26, 2025. The USS Samuel B. Roberts’ damaged hull in dry dock. Navy photo by Rudy D.
Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel B. Roberts, shown here a week or two before she was lost in the battle. (U.S.
Summary: On October 25, 1944, Lt. Cmdr. Robert W. Copeland and the crew of the destroyer-escort Samuel B. Roberts faced overwhelming odds in a daring charge against a superior Japanese fleet during ...