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USNS LT. James E. Robinson (T-AK-274)
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 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)

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Xray - India - Delta
 NXID
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (1) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
LT. James E. Robinson Class Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 25 November 1943, as SS Czechoslovakia Victory a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP2) hull, under a Maritime Commission contract, at Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., Portland, OR.
  • Launched, 20 January 1944
  • Owned by the Maritime Commission but delivered to American-Hawaiian Steamship Corp., 11 March 1944 for operation under contract to the War Shipping Administration (WSA)
  • Chartered to Black Diamond Steamship Corp., 8 August 1946
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 17 November 1947
  • Withdrawn from reserve and loaned to the War Department, 3 May 1948, commissioned USAT LT. James E. Robinson
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 1 March 1950
  • Placed in service by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as Aircraft Transport USNS Lt James E. Robinson (T-AKV-3)
  • Reclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary (T-AG-170), a cable transport ship in December 1962
  • Redesignated Cargo Ship (T-AK-274), 1 July 1964
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 17 March 1976, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 16 January 1981
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 26 May 1983, to Andy Exports, Inc.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 15,589 t.(fl)
    Length 455'
    Beam 62'
    Draft 29' 2"
    Speed 15.5 kts.
    Complement 99
    Armament none
    Propulsion steam turbine, single screw, 8,500shp
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    USNS LT. James E. Robinson (T-AKV-3)
    LT. James E. Robinson 37k USNS LT. James E. Robinson (T-AKV-3) underway, circa 1953, location unknown. Robert Hurst
    USNS LT. James E. Robinson (T-AK-274)
    LT. James E. Robinson 115k USNS LT. James E. Robinson (T-AK-274), date and location unknown. William Zarkas, Retired MSC Boatswain
    President, MSC Retiree Association
    LT. James E. Robinson 62k USNS LT. James E. Robinson (T-AK-274) moored pierside Bremerhaven, Germany, June 1970. Photo by Gerhard L. Mueller-Debus
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