The USS Roberts (DE-749) was a Cannon-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. Laid down on 11 February 1943 by the Western Pipe and Steel Company in San Pedro, Los Angeles, the vessel was launched on 14 November 1943 and commissioned on 2 September 1944. The ship featured typical specifications of a Cannon-class escort, designed for convoy protection and anti-submarine warfare, though specific dimensions and armament details are not provided in the source. After her shakedown off southern California, Roberts sailed to Pearl Harbor, arriving in December 1944. She joined a hunter-killer group operating with the escort carrier USS Corregidor and conducted patrol and reconnaissance missions in the Pacific, including operations around Hawaii, the Marshall Islands, and the Marshalls. Notably, she participated in search missions between Johnston Island and Kwajalein, attempting to locate an overdue Army Air Corps transport. In mid-1945, Roberts supported Allied operations at Okinawa, screening escort carriers and convoying transports in the Ryukyu Islands and Micronesia. She also took part in post-hostility duties, escorting landing craft from Saipan to Nagasaki and screening transports from Luzon to Sasebo following Japan's surrender. Following the war, Roberts returned to the United States, arriving in San Diego in November 1945. She was transferred to the Atlantic coast for pre-inactivation overhaul and was placed in reserve at Green Cove Springs, Florida, in January 1947. She served in reserve training, conducting cruises along the Atlantic coast and in the Caribbean. Reactivated in August 1950 amid the Korean War, Roberts was recommissioned and engaged in training, fleet maneuvers, NATO exercises, and cruises to South America and the Caribbean throughout the 1950s. She was called to active duty during the Berlin Crisis in 1961 and returned to reserve status in 1962. After another period of active reserve training starting in 1964, she was decommissioned on 21 September 1968, struck from the Navy List in 1968, and ultimately sunk as a target in 1971. Throughout her service, USS Roberts earned one battle star for her World War II operations, marking her contribution to the Allied war effort in the Pacific theater.

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