| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Sims |
| Pennant | DD 418 |
| Built by | Charleston Navy Yard (Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 23 Apr 1938 |
| Launched | 21 Jun 1939 |
| Commissioned | 5 Jan 1940 |
| End service | 30 Oct 1945 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned 30 October 1945. |
Commands listed for USS Roe (DD 418)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Richard Martin Scruggs, USN | 5 Jan 1940 | ??? | |
| 2 | Cdr. John Newton Opie, III, USN | Sep 1941 | Nov 1942 | |
| 3 | Cdr. James Pressley Craft, Jr., USN | 1944 | ??? | |
| 4 | Lt.Cdr. Guy Edward Hearn, Jr., USN | 1945 | ??? | |
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Noteable events involving Roe include:
18 Jan 1942
USS Roe picks up 13 survivors from the American tanker Allan Jackson that was torpedoed and sunk earlier that day by the German submarine U-66 some 60 miles east-northeast of Diamond shoals, North Carolina in position 35º57'N, 74º20'W.
30 Jan 1942
USS Roe picks up 31 survivors from the American tanker Rochester that was torpedoed and sunk earlier that day by the German submarine U-106 about 85 miles east of the Chesapeake Lightship in position 37º10'N, 73º58'W.
8 Feb 1942
USS Roe picks up 14 survivors from the British merchant Ocean Venture that was torpedoed and sunk earlier that day by the German submarine U-108 near Cape Hatteras in position 37º05'N, 74º46'W.