USS Jack C. Robinson
.jpg) USS Jack C. Robinson
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Jack C. Robinson |
| Namesake | U.S. Marine Corps Silver Star recipient |
| Builder |
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| Launched | 8 January 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Clem F. Robinson |
| Reclassified | APD-72, 27 June 1944 |
| Commissioned | 2 February 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 13 December 1946 |
| Stricken | 1 December 1966 |
| Honors and awards | 1 battle star, World War II |
| Fate | Transferred to Chile |
| History | |
 Chile | |
| Name | Orella (APD-27) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Charles Lawrence-class high-speed transport |
| Displacement | 1,400 long tons (1,422 t) |
| Length | 306 ft (93 m) overall |
| Beam | 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) maximum |
| Installed power | 12,000 megawatts ) |
| Propulsion | Two turbo-electric transmission ) |
| Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
| Range | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Troops | 162 |
| Complement | 186 |
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USS Jack C. Robinson (APD-72), ex-DE-671, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946.
Namesake
Jack C. Robinson was born on 22 September 1922 at
basic training, he was assigned to a unit scheduled to take part in the Guadalcanal campaign, the first American amphibious
operation of World War II.
In the bitter fighting on 23 October 1942 in the Matanikau River area on Guadalcanal during the Battle for Henderson Field, Private First Class Robinson risked his life to repair damaged communications lines vital to the survival of his unit. Robinson was mortally wounded in the action and died on 25 October 1942. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star.
Construction and commissioning
Jack C. Robinson was laid down as the
fitting out by the Consolidated Steel Corporation there. After conversion to her new role, the ship was commissioned
at Orange on 2 February 1945.
Service history
World War II
After
Philippine Islands
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Postwar
After the
Japanese Empire before returning via the Panama Canal
to Norfolk early in 1946.
After exercises in the Caribbean, Jack C. Robinson arrived at the
Brooklyn, New York, on 24 May 1946 for extensive repairs. She then was towed to Green Cove Springs, Florida
, for inactivation, arriving there on 30 October 1946.
Decommissioning and disposal
Jack C. Robinson was
Atlantic Reserve Fleet on the St. Johns River
there. She later was moved to the Texas Group of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Orange, Texas.
After 20 years of inactivity in
Navy List
on 1 December 1966.
Jack C. Robinson was sold to
Military Assistance Program. She served in the Chilean Navy
as Orella (APD-27) until stricken and scrapped.
Honors and awards
Jack C. Robinson received one
battle star
for her World War II service off Okinawa.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.- NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive USS Jack C. Robinson (APD-72)
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