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DE- 671 / APD -72 USS JACK C. ROBINSON

CLASS - Buckley
Displacement 1,400 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 37' x 13' 6" (Max)
Armament 3 x 3"/50, 4 x 1.1" AA, 8 x 20 mmAA, 3 x 21"TT (1x3) 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT, 2racks.
Machinery, 12,000 SHP; G. E. Turbines with electric drive, 2 screws
Speed, 24 Knots, Range 6,000 NM @ 12 Knts. Crew 186.

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Consolidated Steel, Orange TX. on November 10 1943.
Launched January 8 1944.
Reclassified and converted APD -72 while under construction.
Commissioned February 2 1945.
Decommissioned 13 Decmeber 1946.
Stricken December 1 1966.
Fate To Chile November 15 1966.
Renamed Orella.
Stricken and broken up for scrap in 1984.

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USS JACK C. ROBINSON DE- 671 / APD -72 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

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Address: None
Phone: None
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Additional Resources
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
NavSource APD Pages, JACK C. ROBINSON

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