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Samuel B. Roberts
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Is a "Destroyer" (DD), despite being designated in the game as a "Destroyer Escort" (護衛駆逐艦), and being historically one.
- This is reflected in her Speed only.
Samuel B. Roberts's Ship Type on her Library page is "Destroyer Escort DE-413".
Gameplay Notes
Destroyers (DD) are very versatile, utilizing 
Small Caliber Main Guns, 
Torpedoes, and 
ASW equipment, and having high torpedo 
, ASW 
, and evasion 
, and good "night attack power 
" stats, to the detriment of firepower and armor. They:
- Have lower resource consumption,
- Very permissive Routings.
- Have access to special Night Cut-Ins.
Special Mechanics
- Kai
- Can perform "innate" OASW.
- Mk.II
- Can take part in Anti-Submarine Support Expeditions when equipping
Rotorcraft.
Stats Exceptions
- Can reach "Long Range" when equipped with an SG Radar
variant, and "Very Long Range" when both are equiped.
- Base/Kai
- Is from Speed Group Slow B.
- Speed set to Fast when equipping a Improved Kanhon Type Turbine
(not self-stackable).
- Bonus only work if no "other" variants of
Engine Improvement equipment are equipped.
- Bonus only work if no "other" variants of
- Speed set to Fast when equipping a Improved Kanhon Type Turbine
- Mk.II
- Has equipment slots with plane-capacity.
- Is from Speed Group Fast C.
Equipability Exceptions
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 Samuel B. Roberts/Kai |
 Samuel B. Roberts Mk.II | |
| Ship Exceptions | - | Can Equip:
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Fit Bonuses
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- Hidden Fit Bonuses
- Has some hidden fit bonuses when equipped with certain equipment. Please see Hidden Fit Bonuses for more details.
Important Information
- Required for quest:
- Helper for the following equipment:
- Improvement & upgrade: 5inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30, 533mm Quintuple Torpedo Mount (Initial Model)
Drop Locations
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||
| Samuel B. Roberts | Very Rare | DD | 361 | Unbuildable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Voice Lines
Quotes
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- ↑ 82 of them were completed.
- ↑ This line is shared with expedition selection, resource collection, instant repair and development.
- ↑ During the Battle off Samar, Samuel B. Roberts made a famous close-range torpedo run on Choukai.
- ↑ Samuel B. Roberts is known as "the destroyer escort that fought like a battleship".
Hourlies
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Seasonal
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Misc Lines
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CG
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Trivia
- General Information
- She is named after Coxswain Samuel B. Roberts.
- She was launched on the 20th of January 1944.
- Sunk during the Battle of Samar, on the 25th of October 1944.
- On the 24th of June 2022, it was announced the wreck of Samuel B. Roberts was located at a depth of 6985 m (22621 ft), making it the deepest shipwreck ever found. She is upright but heavily damaged, both from the battle and from impact with the sea floor.
- The wreck was found under Caladan Oceanic with Parks Stephenson and Victor Vescovo; The wreck was surveyed using the DSSV Limiting Factor and its support vessel DSSV Pressure Drop which also surveyed USS Johnston's wreck a year earlier. Zeco made a special illustration to celebrate the discovery. Parks Stephenson, who had revealed his love for Kancolle, sent Victor Vescovo the illustration and he posed for a picture with the special illustration to commemorate the event. Zeco commented that he hopes Sam isn't lonely and Parks Stephenson later clarified that Sam is in fact not alone and Johnston lies nearby.
- Update History
- She was added on the 23rd of April 2018 for the 5th anniversary of the game.
- she was the reward of an anniversary quest.
- She got her Kai Ni on the 4th of August 2022.
- Misc
- In reality, Samuel B. Roberts was designated a destroyer escort (DE) by the USN. In KanColle she has been classified as a destroyer (DD), although she still describes herself as a destroyer escort.
- On her very first day in service, Samuel B. Roberts struck a whale off the coast of Maine, hence her whale.
- The signal flags on her hair ribbon stand for her radio call sign, NTIK.
- Her star hair pin is a Battle Star, awarded for her service at Samar.
- The medal is a Navy Cross, earned by both her namesake at Guadalcanal (for distracting Japanese gunners so a company of Marines could be evacuated) and her captain at Samar, Robert W. Copeland.
See Also
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