USS Robert K. Huntington

History
United States
Name	Robert K. Huntington
Namesake	Robert Kingsbury Huntington
Builder	Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle
Laid down	29 February 1944
Launched	5 December 1944
Commissioned	3 March 1945
Decommissioned	31 October 1973
Stricken	31 October 1973
Fate	to Venezuelan Navy 31 October 1973
Venezuela
Name	Falcon
Acquired	31 October 1973
Stricken	1981
Fate	Scrapped in 1981
General characteristics
Class and type	Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer
Displacement	2,200 tons
Length	376 ft 6 in (114.76 m)
Beam	40 ft (12 m)
Draft	15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)
Propulsion	60,000 shp (45,000 kW); 2 propellers
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	336
Armament	6 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal. guns 12 × 40 mm guns 11 × 20 mm cannons 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 2 × depth charge tracks 6 × depth charge projectors

USS Robert K. Huntington (DD-781) was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer. It is the only ship of the United States Navy to have been named for Robert Kingsbury Huntington, a naval aviator and member of Torpedo Squadron 8. The entire squadron was lost during the Battle of Midway.