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Robinson

Class	Fletcher class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Hull	DD-562
Launched	1943-08-28
Commissioned	1944-01-31
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war. Sunk as target, 13 April 1982
Armament (class)	Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes.
Command	Grantham, Elonzo Bowden Captain, 31 January 1944 – 19 March 1945 Malpass, Ray Edward Captain from 19 March 1945

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

USS Robinson (DD-562) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was launched on 28 August 1943 and commissioned on 31 January 1944.

Elonzo Bowden Grantham was her captain from the day of commissioning. He held that post through her first year in service and on into the following spring.

On 25 October 1944, while Grantham still had the ship, Robinson took part in the Battle of Surigao Strait. In that battle she was on the left flank. Grantham's command ended on 19 March 1945. Ray Edward Malpass became captain the same day. Robinson survived the war. On 13 April 1982 the ship was sunk as a target.

The pictures on this page are the originals.