&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:USS_Robinson_(DD-562)_steaming_into_San_Diego_harbor_in_1953.jpg) USS Robinson (DD-562) in 1953
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Namesake | Isaiah Robinson |
| Builder | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Laid down | 12 August 1942 |
| Launched | 28 August 1943 |
| Commissioned | 31 January 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 1 April 1964 |
| Stricken | 1 December 1974 |
| Fate | Sunk as target, 13 April 1982 |
| Badge | &sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:USS_Robinson_(DD-562)_insignia_in_the_1950s.png) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,050 tons |
| Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.7 m) |
| Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
| Propulsion | 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range | 6500 nmi. (12,000 km) @ 15 kt |
| Complement | 273 |
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USS Robinson (DD-562), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Captain Isaiah Robinson (died c. 1781), who served in the Continental Navy.