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DE-671 / APD-72 Jack C. Robinson


USS Jack C. Robinson (APD-72) was transferred to Chile and renamed Orella (APD-27)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
Buckley Class Destroyer Escort / Crosley Class High-speed Transport:
  • Laid down as (DE-671) a Buckley Class Destroyer Escort at Dravo Corp. Neville Island, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Launched, 8 January 1944
  • Redesignated (APD-72), 27 June 1944
  • Ferried to Orange, TX. for fitting out as a High-speed Transport
  • Commissioned USS Jack C. Robinson (APD-72), 2 February 1945 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX.
  • Decommissioned, 13 December 1946, at Green Cove Springs, FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange, TX.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 December 1966
  • Moved to Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange, TX. at a later date
  • Sold to Chile under terms of the Military Assistance Program, renamed Orella (APD-27)
  • Final Disposition, struck by the Chilean Navy and sold for scrapping
  • Jack C. Robinson received one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,400 t.
    Length 306' ovl.
    Beam 37"
    Draft 12' 7" (limiting)
    Speed 23.6 kts. (trial)
    Range 6,000 nautical miles at 12 kts.
    Complement 12-15 Officers, 189-192 Enlisted
    Troop Accommodations 12 Officers, 150 Enlisted
    Boats 4 LCVP landing craft
    Troop Accoutrements
    six 1/4 ton trucks
    two 1 ton trucks
    four ammunition carts
    four pack howitzers
    Storage
    Ammunition 6,000 cu. ft.
    General Cargo 3,500 cu. ft.
    Gasoline 1,000 cu. ft.
    Armament
    one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    three twin 40 mm gun mounts
    six single 20 mm gun mounts
    two depth charge tracks
    Propulsion 2 Combustion Engineering DR boilers, 2 GE Turbines, (turbo-electric drive), 2 shafts, Shaft horsepower 12,000
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    Jack C. Robinson 56k Jack C. Robinson (APD-72) underway, date and place unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in World War II web site
    Orella (APD-27)
    Jack C. Robinson 45k ex-Jack C. Robinson (APD-72) in the Republic of Chile service as Orella (APD-27) underway, circa 1968, place unknown. Robert Hurst
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