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Robin (MHC-54)

Call sign:
November - Romeo - Bravo - November

Osprey Class Coastal Minehunter:

The third Robin was laid down 1 June 1992 at Avondale Industries Inc., Gulfport, MS

Launched 11 September 1993

Commissioned 11 May 1996

Decommissioned 15 June 2006, struck from the Navy Register and laid up in the Beaumont Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX.

Specifications:

Displacement 895 Metric Tons

Length 188'

Beam 36'

Draft (Navigation) 9' 5", Draft (Keel) 7'

Speed 12 kts.

Complement 53

Armament: Two .50 cal. machine guns and one man held Stinger missile launcher

Propulsion: Two 800hp Isotta Fraschini ID36 SS8V-AM diesel engines; two Voith Schneider vertical axis, cycloidal, controllable pitch propellers, two shafts

Electrical Systems: Two ship service diesel generators, one ship service/emergency diesel generator; Monocoque Design glass reinforced plastic monohull design. No longitudinal or transverse hull

framing. The skin carries all the stresses. The vessel is flexible under shock. Machinery is supported by cradles from the main deck

Sensors/Navigation Systems AN/SYQ-13 Navigation, Command & Control System, AN/SPS-64(V)9 surface search radar, AN/SPA-25G radar display; AN/UQN-4A sonar sounding set, AN/WSN-2

stabilized gyrocompass, Hyper-fix radio navigation system, Loran C, Military global positioning system (GPS), AN/BQH-7A expendable bathythermograph set

Mine Countermeasures Systems: AN/SLQ-48(V)2 mine neutralization system (MNS), AN/SQQ-32 minehunting sonar.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
Robin (MHC 54)
	66k	Namesake: Robin - A North American thrush with a red breast	Tommy Trampp
	123k	CHRISTENING PRINCIPALS: Top row, left to right: Mr. Kenneth B. Dupont, Vice President-Subsidiaries, Avondale Industries, Inc.; Mr. Albert L. Bossier, Jr., Chairman, President and CEO, Avondale Industries, Inc.; CAPT Jeffery M. Perin, USN Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversions and Repair, New Orleans; LCDR Judy A. Lamb, CHC, USN; VADM Robert K. U. Kihune, USN, Chief of Naval Education and Training; RADM Richard D. Williams, III, USN, Program Executive Officer for Mine Warfare, Naval Sea Systems Command; Mr. John Takaki, husband of Mrs. Lisa Takaki. Bottom row, left to right: Miss Amanda Waltman, Flower Girl; Mrs. Hope P. Kihune, Ships Sponsor; Mrs. Lisa Takaki, daughter of Ships Sponsor and the Matron of Honor	Tommy Trampp
	302k	11 September 1993 Gulfport, MS Mrs. Robert K. Kihune, ships sponsor, christening Robin	S. Dale Hargrave
	302k	11 September 1993 Gulfport, MS Afloat, following launching	S. Dale Hargrave
USS Robin (MHC 54)
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	36k	Underway in the Gulf of Mexico	HMC(SW) Charles T. Canterbury MHC Crew Gallant USS Robin (MHC 54)
	130k	7 April 1998 Ingleside, TX Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Jay L. Johnson, and the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, MMCM(SS/SW/AW) Jim Herdt, are briefed on the controls and monitoring systems in the central control station on board Robin during the CNO's visit to Naval Station, Ingleside, Tex. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Denny Boyles	Bill Gonyo
	371k	8 August 1998 Annapolis, MD Moored starboard bow view of Robin visiting the U.S. Naval Academy U.S. Navy photo 980808-N-4912M-001 by Don S. Montgomery, USN (Ret)	Robert M. Cieri
	415k	8 August 1998 Annapolis, MD Starboard quarter view of Robin. Forward is the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Defender (MCM 2). Both ships are visiting the U.S. Naval Academy U.S. Navy photo 980808-N-4912M-002 by Don S. Montgomery, USN (Ret)
	720k	8 August 1998 Annapolis, MD A bow on view of Robin, taken from the foc'sle of the Defender. The ships are visiting the U.S. Naval Academy U.S. Navy photo 980808-N-4912M-003 by Don S. Montgomery, USN (Ret)
	600k	8 August 1998 Annapolis, MD View from the foc'sle of the bridge of Robin, visiting the U.S. Naval Academy U.S. Navy photo 980808-N-4912M-005 by Don S. Montgomery, USN (Ret)
	67k	c. 2000 Outbound from NAVSTA Ingleside at Port Aransas, TX	Tom Langford
	80k	c. 2000 Outbound from NAVSTA Ingleside at Port Aransas, TX	Tom Langford
	168k	c. November 2005 Panama City, FL Photo taken from USS Warrior (MCM 10)	DC2(SS) David Johnston, USNR MCM Crew Implicit USS Warrior MCM-10
	159k

Commanding Officers
01	LCDR Mark Joseph Murphy, USN	11 May 1996 - 22 August 1997
02	LCDR Roman Daniel Bowles, USN	22 August 1997 - 5 March 1999
03	LCDR Matthew Spencer Beaver, USN	5 March 1999 - 20 October 2000
04	LCDR Mark Richard Laxen, USN	20 October 2000 - 6 July 2002
05	LCDR Edward A. Bradfield, USNR (TAR)	6 July 2002 - 9 July 2004
06	LCDR Leon Roman Jablow, IV, USN	9 July 2004 - 20 January 2005
07	LCDR Rome Ruiz, USN	20 January 2005 - 21 January 2006
08	LCDR Derek Andrew Trinque, USN - USNA Class of 1992 Awarded three Legions of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, three Navy Meritorious Service Medals, two Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medals, two Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medals and the Combat Action Ribbon - RADM (LH) Currently serving (2022) as Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group Seven; Commander, Task Force 76; and Commander, Amphibious Force, Seventh Fleet, Yokosuka, Japan	21 January 2006 - 2 February 2006 (Crews Valor and Excel)
09	LCDR Keith Allen Knutsen, USN	2 February 2006 - 15 June 2006

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler, Ron Reeves, HMCS(FMF/SW) Charles T. "Tom" Canterbury and Joe Radigan

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