You've heard the line: "the destroyer escort that fought like a battleship."

In June 2022, she was found at the bottom of the Philippine Sea — 6,895 meters down. Deeper than any shipwreck ever discovered. Deeper, even, than the USS Johnston.

This is the story of the USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413): the little ship that charged the largest battleship ever built at the Battle off Samar in October 1944, named for a coxswain who gave everything at Guadalcanal — and the strange reason THREE American warships carry one man's name.

CHAPTERS
0:00 The Destroyer Escort That Fought Like a Battleship
1:04 Three Ships, One Name
2:23 For Those Who Sailed Before Us
3:16 The Coxswain of Guadalcanal
13:05 One Battle Star
20:26 6,895 Meters — A War Grave

Wreck imagery in this video is AI reconstruction. All sound design is original. The wreck is a protected war grave under the Sunken Military Craft Act.

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