5.8K views · 240 reactions | 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 | Facebook

22K views · 142 reactions | In a breathtaking underwater discovery off the Philippines coast, the USS Samuel B Roberts, a US Navy ship lost during a fierce WWII battle with Japan, was found lying 22,621 feet deep in the Leyte Gulf, breaking the record for the world's deepest shipwreck. | Interesting Engineering | Facebook