USS Jack C. Robinson
Charles Lawrence-class high-speed transport
Service
- as USS Jack C. Robinson2 February 1945 — 13 December 1946212 days of the war
- as Orella (APD-27)2,193 days of the war
- Name
- USS Jack C. Robinson
- Namesake
- Private First Class Jack C. Robinson (1922–1942), U.S. Marine Corps Silver Star recipient
- Builder
- Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Launched
- 8 January 1944
- Commissioned
- 2 February 1945
- Decommissioned
- 13 December 1946
- Struck
- 1 December 1966
- Fate
- Transferred to Chile
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,400 long tons (1,422 t)
- Length
- 93.27 m (306 ft) OA
- Beam
- 10.97 m (36 ft)
- Draught
- 3.96 m (13 ft)
- Speed
- 24 knots (44.4 km/h, 27.6 mph)
- Range
- 6,000 nmi (11,112 km)
- Complement
- 186
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Jack C. Robinson was a destroyer escort of the Charles Lawrence-class high-speed transport of the United States Navy. She was named for Private First Class Jack C. Robinson. She was built by Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She entered service on 2 February 1945, having been launched on 8 January 1944.
She displaced 1,400 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 24 knots, and she carried a complement of 186.
Her main battery was one 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She served with the United States Navy as USS Jack C. Robinson until 13 December 1946. She then passed to the Chilean Navy, serving as Orella (APD-27). She was in commission for 2,405 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 13 December 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 December 1966.
She was transferred.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- Two boilers; two GE steam turbines (turbo-electric transmission)
- Power
- 12,000 shaft horsepower (9 megawatts)
- Armament
- 1 × 5 in gun
- 6 × 40 mm guns
- 6 × 20 mm guns
- 2 × depth charge tracks
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Jack C. Robinson on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy photograph — https://www.navsource.net/archives/10/04/100407201.jpg — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons