USS Robinson (DD-562) [SEP] vessel class
USS Robinson (DD-562)
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.
Operational history.
"Robinson" was laid down on 12 August 1942 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Wash.; launched 28 August 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Howard M. Sayers; and commissioned 31 January 1944, Commander Elonzo B. Grantham, Jr.,
years in reserve at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register in January 1936, sold in June, and scrapped in August.
Ships in class USS "Jacob Jones" (DD-61).
USS "Jacob Jones" (DD-61) was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding of Camden, New Jersey, in August 1914 and launched in May of the following year. She was the first U.S. Navy vessel named in honor of Jacob Jones.
After her February 1916 commissioning, "Jacob