USNS Lt. James E. Robinson
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Czechoslovakia Victory |
Namesake | Czechoslovakia |
Owner | War Shipping Administration |
Operator | American-Hawaiian SS Compnay |
Ordered | as type (VC2-S-AP2) hull, MCV hull 86 |
Awarded | awarded the Medal of Honor during World War II |
Builder | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Portland, Oregon |
Laid down | 25 November 1943, as SS Czechoslovakia Victory |
Launched | 20 January 1944 |
Christened | Miss Barbara Vickery |
Completed | March 11, 1944 |
Honors and awards | one battle star for World War II service |
Fate | Transferred to US Navy in 1946 |
History | |
United States | |
Name | USNS Lt. James E. Robinson |
Namesake | James E. Robinson, Jr. |
Operator | US Navy |
Commissioned | 3 May 1948 as USAT Lt. James E. Robinson |
In service | 1 March 1950 as Aircraft Transport USNS Lt. James E. Robinson (T-AKV-3) |
Reclassified |
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Stricken | 16 January 1981 |
Identification |
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Fate | sold for scrapping, 26 May 1983, to Andy Exports, Inc. |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | VC2-S-AP3 Victory ship, then rebuilt in 1946 to Lt. James E. Robinson-class cargo ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 455 ft (139 m) |
Beam | 62 ft (19 m) |
Draft | 29 ft 2 in (8.89 m) |
Installed power | 8,500 shp (6,300 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) |
Complement |
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Armament |
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Notes | [2] |
USNS Lt. James E. Robinson (T-AKV-3/T-AG-170/T-AK-274) was a
Victory ship built in Oregon
SS Czechoslovakia Victory was laid down under
World War II service
SS Czechoslovakia Victory was owned by the Maritime Commission, she served on the merchant sealanes under the control of the
Post-war service
Crewed by civilians, Lt. James E. Robinson operated out of
She maintained this pattern of Mediterranean and western European cruises during the next 7 years. In addition, during the periods of August 1955, August–September 1956, and July October 1958, she carried cargo to
Vietnam-era operations
Lt. James E. Robinson was reclassified AK-274 in May 1959 while operating in the Atlantic Ocean. Between 1 August 1960 and 9 September she steamed from New York to
During April and May 1961 she cruised to the
During much of 1962 and 1963 Lt. James E. Robinson took part in special logistics operations in the South Atlantic and the Indian Oceans. Reclassified AG-170 in December 1962, she operated out of
.She continued these operations during the first 4 months of 1964 and returned to New York 31 May via Suez and
Inactivation
Lt. James E. Robinson was placed out of service at an unknown date and was transferred to the
Honors and awards
SS Czechoslovakia (Lt. James E. Robinson)received one
See also
- List of Victory ships
- Liberty ship
- Type C1 ship
- Type C2 ship
- Type C3 ship
References
- ^ Babcock & Wilcox (April 1944). "Victory Ships". Marine Engineering and Shipping Review.
- ^ "usmm.org, "Battle Stars" in World War II". Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive - USNS LT. James E. Robinson (T-AK-274) – ex - USNS LT. James E. Robinson (T-AG-170) (1962 - 1964) - USNS LT. James E. Robinson (T-AKV-3) (1950 - 1962) - USAT LT. James E. Robinson (1948 - 1950)
- Sawyer, L.A. and W.H. Mitchell. Victory ships and tankers: The history of the ‘Victory’ type cargo ships and of the tankers built in the United States of America during World War II, Cornell Maritime Press, 1974, 0-87033-182-5.
- United States Maritime Commission: [1]
- Victory Cargo Ships [2]