file created: 12/07/02 01:01:24 , last update: 07/25/02
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DD-562 Robinson
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher 1942/08/12
Seattle Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Wash.
1943/08/28 1944/01/31 1982/04/13
target
Namesake: Sgt " Robert G. Robinson, USMC (*1896/04/30, +1974/10/06) - CMH for "Action during air combat as rear gunner to LT Ralph Talbot, USMC; 8 and 14 Oct 1918"
TTD differences from class:Ms 22
Camouflage: 43: Ms 32/13d, 44: Ms 22


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/04/12 44/04/21     sail from Seattle to P.H.   66 
44/04/21 44/05/29     P.H. - training duty   66 
44/04/27 44/04/29   19.1 exercises out of P.H.   125 
44/05/29 44/07/25 Forage 52.17/FSU2 land Saipan   66 
44/06/26 44/07/06 Forage   Eniwetok   66 
44/07/21   Forage   off Guam   66 
44/07/25 44/07/31 Forage   land Tinian   66 
44/07/31 44/08/09     escort AKA Tryon from Tinian to Eniwetok, then sail to Noumea   66 
44/08/09 44/08/22     Noumea   66 
44/08/18 44/08/22   57.5.5/DesRon56/DesDiv112 sail from Eniwetok to Tulagi   88 
44/08/22 44/08/26     sail from Noumea to Esp. Santo (joined with DesDiv112) > Tulagi   66 
44/08/26 44/09/06     Port Purvis, Tulagi   66 
44/09/01 44/09/03   35/DesRon56/DesDiv112 exercises off Guadalcanal   88 
44/09/06 44/10/01 Stale2 32.5 land Peleliu, Angaur   66 
44/10/01 44/10/12     Seeadler Harbor, Manus   66 
44/10/12 44/11/04 King2 77.6     66 
44/10/24 44/10/25 King2 LetfFor/DesRon56/DesDiv112 xSuriga   81 
44/11/04 44/11/13 King2 77.1     66 
44/11/13 44/11/21 King2 77.2     66 
44/11/21 44/11/28     Seeadler Harbor, Manus   66 
44/11/28 44/12/01   77.1.5/DesDiv112 sail from Manus to Leyte   66  121 
44/12/01 44/12/02   DesRon22 Leyte   66 
44/12/02 44/12/10   DesRon22 Kossol Roads   66 
44/12/10 44/12/23 Love3 77.12.1/DesRon22 land Mindoro   70 
44/12/23 44/12/31     Seeadler Harbor,Manus   66 
44/12/31 45/01/15 Mike1 79/A2/DesRon22     66 
45/01/10       disable(Shinjo Boats) in Lingayen Gulf > towed to Ulithi   85 
45/01/15 45/01/18     San Pedro Bay, Leyte   66 
45/01/18 45/01/2?     escort APA-166 Comet from Leyte to Humboldt Bay   66 
45/01/2? 45/02/03     escort AG-79 Wright from Humboldt Bay to Leyte   66 
45/02/04? 45/02/0? Mike1   escort AGC Blue Ridge from Leyte to Lingayen Gulf   66 
45/02/06? 45/02/2? Mike1   Lingayen Gulf - patrol duty   66 
45/02/2 ? 45/02/26 Mike1   escort empty transports from Lingayen Gulf to Leyte   66 
45/02/27 45/03/01 Mike1   escort AGC Rocky Mount from Leyte to Mangarin Bay, Mindoro   66 
45/03/01 45/03/1? Vict4 78.1 land Zamboanga   66  81 
45/04/10 45/04/28   78.2 land Polloc Harbor, Eastern Mindanao   66 
45/04/24 45/04/25   78.2 Mangarin Bay, Mindoro   66 
45/04/28 45/05/02     escort AO Winooski from Polloc Harbor to Tawi Tawi > Tarakan   66 
45/05/02 45/05/08 Oboe1 78 land Tarakan, Borneo   66 
45/05/08 45/05/10     escort empty transports from Tarakan to Morotai   66 
45/05/10 45/06/04     Morotai   66 
45/06/04 45/06/20 Oboe2 78.1 land Brunei Bay, Borneo   66 
45/06/26 45/07/10 Oboe6 78.2 land Balikpapan, Borneo   66 
45/07/10 45/07/13     Morotai   66 
45/07/13 45/07/25     escort (+ Waller) small craft from Morotai to San Pedro Bay, Leyte   66 
45/07/25 45/08/05     San Pedro Bay, Leyte   66 
45/08/05 45/08/07     sail from Leyte to Ulithi   66 
45/08/10 45/08/13     RP duty 50 miles from Ulithi   66 
45/08/16 45/08/19?     escort AP-120 Admiral Benson from Ulithi to San Pedro Bay, Leyte   66 
45/08/21 45/09/03     Subic Bay, Luzon   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 46/06/12-51/08/03 in reserve; 1964/06 decomm; 1974/12/01 struck from Navy
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 8 Battle Stars
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