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Robin (Minesweeper No. 3 / AM 3)
(AT / ATO-140)


Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 14 March 1918 by the Todd Shipyard Corp., New York, NY; Launched, 17 June 1918; Commissioned USS Robin (Minesweeper No. 3), 29 August 1918; Reclassified AM-3, 17 July 1920; Reclassified an Ocean Tug AT-140, 1 June 1942; Reclassified an Ocean Tug (Old) ATO-140, 13 April 1944; Decommissioned, 9 November 1945 at Long Beach, CA; Struck from the Naval Register, 28 November 1945. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,009 t.; Length 187' 10"; Beam 35' 6"; Draft 10' 4"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 78; Armament two 3" guns; Propulsion triple expansion reciprocating steam engine, two Babcock and Wilcox boilers, one shaft.
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Robin 57k U.S. Navy photo from the Navy Recruitment Bureau, New York Jon Burdett
Robin 74k c. 1920. USS Sacramento (PG 19), Robin (AM 3), and USS Asheville (PG 21) in dry dock, Charleston, SC. Vance A. Adams
Robin 51k As ATO-140 S1/c Theodore Kemp
Hickory Ridge, Arkansas
Crew member 1944/1945
Robin 35k As ATO-140 S1/c Theodore Kemp
Hickory Ridge, Arkansas
Crew member 1944/1945

View the Robin (AM 3)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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