Hero Ships

Name: Hero Ships
Released: 2008-04-04T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Eric Wertheim, Beau Billingslea, Beau Billingsworth

TV Show · History · War & Military

Exploring the world's most impressive ships, including aircraft carriers, icebreakers and livestock vessels.

2008 · 1h 0m

EPISODE 3

USS Samuel B. Roberts

The first USS Samuel B. Roberts fought doggedly against a superior Japanese fleet until being sunk during World War II; the name Samuel B. Roberts has appeared two more times, including a ship launched in 1984 that participated in Desert Storm.
EPISODE 5

USS Constitution

The USS Constitution serves as a training facility for the Navy's CPO.
EPISODE 8

USS Laffey

The USS Laffey was actually two World War II ships with the same name: DD-459, which fought to the death at Guadalcanal in 1942; and DD-724, which earned the nickname "The Ship That Would Not Die" during a Japanese kamikaze attack.
EPISODE 13

USS Yorktown

Ships named USS Yorktown include an aircraft carrier that fought in the Coral Sea and Midway battles and its successor, which helped spearhead the assault against Japanese-held island fortresses during World War II.