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World Cruise of the Samuel B. Roberts DD 823. Cold War tensions were high when Atlantic Fleet Destroyer Division 101 slipped out of its homeport of Newport, Rhode Island to reinforce the Pacific Fleet in its mission off Korea. There were four ships in the division: Samuel B. Roberts DD823, Brownson DD868, Forest Royal DD872, and Charles H. Roan DD853. Operating in the Pacific meant patrolling the Korean coast, rescuing fliers, towing targets for aircraft, fueling at sea, highline transfers, practicing Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), Shore Bombardment, Torpedo Attacks and all the other tasks assigned to destroyers. After completing their mission in the Pacific, the four ships continued westward to complete a circumnavigation of the world. They crossed the Equator, and showed the flag in Hong Kong, Manila, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and ports in the Middle East. They then continued on through the Suez Canal, and called on Naples, Italy, the French Riviera, Barcelona Spain and stopped in the Azores, before returning to Newport. This is the story of that world cruise.