ROBINSON DD 88

Ship Name and Designation History

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Wickes Class Destroyer Keel Laid 31 October 1917 - Launched 28 March 1918 USS ROBINSON Destroyer No. 88 Commissioned 19 October 1918 Placed in Reduced Commission 1919 USS ROBINSON DD-88 Designated (DD) 17 July 1920 - Decommissioned 3 August 1922 Recommissioned 23 August 1940 - Decommissioned 26 November 1940 HMS NEWMARKET G-47 (British Naval Service) Transferred to Britain 26 November 1940 (Famous Fifty) Struck from Naval Register 8 January 1941 Broken up for scrap 1945

 

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Locy Type 3 (AC)

1919-12-23

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Isaiah Robinson
Robinson was a member of the Philadelphia Ship Masters' Association and served as Lieutenant in HORNET with Joshua Barney. He later commanded the 10-gun Continental Sloop-of-War SACHEM, fitted out by the Marine Committee shortly after Admiral Hopkins' Fleet sailed for New Providence in 1776, and captured a six-gun British LETTER OF MARQUE off the Virginia Capes. Appointed Captain in the Continental Navy on October 10 1776, he assumed command of the 14-gun Brig ANDREW DORIA. One of the more important smaller vessels of the Continental Navy, the brig sailed under orders of the Secret Committee, dated October 17 1776, for the Dutch island of St. Eustatius to take on a cargo of military stores. Upon the return voyage in late November, he captured the British 12-gun Sloop-of-War RACEHORSE after a 2-hour engagement near Puerto Rico. The following year, Captain Robinson cruised against enemy shipping off Cape May, but was finally blockaded in the Delaware River. During the defense of Philadelphia, and following the destruction of Fort Mifflin on November 15 1777, he was forced to burn ANDREW DORIA to prevent her from falling into enemy hands. He commanded the 12-gun Pennsylvania Privateer POMONA in 1779 and succeeded in taking several British privateers. The date of his death is unknown, but his will, dated August 12 1777, was probated in the city of Philadelphia on September 25 1781.

Two ships of the US Navy have been named in his honor - USS Robinson DD-88 and USS Robinson DD-562

The ships sponsor was Miss Evelyn Tingey Selfridge.

 

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