Robison (DDG 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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USS ROBISON CDDG 127 Her History USS ROBISON, built by Defoe Shipbuilding Company was commissioned in Boston on December 9, 1961 and joined the Pacific Fleet in March 1962. ROBISON is named after Admiral Samuel Shelburne Robison. ROBISON has made eight extended deploy- ments to the far east, distinguishing herself by providing gunfire support for U. S. and South Vietnamese forces and in combat operations along theyvietnamese coastline. The ship earned seven battle stars forjservice off Vietnam. A ROBISON has an overall length of 133.2 meters and measures 14.4 meters at it's widest point. The ship displaces 4,081.5 metric tons and has a navigational draft of 7 meters. Her engineering plant can produce 70,000 horsepower and she is capable of speeds in excess of 30 knots. t During her most recent deployment she participated in numerous exercises with the French, New.Zealand and Australian Navies in the South Pacific .and visited Tahaiti, Tonga, New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, Fiji and American Somoa.

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USS ROBISON IDDG 121 Her Mission The ROBISON'S South Pacific Cruise was a unique experience for all involved. Unlike a routine deployment to the Western Pacific, the ship would be sailing waters and visiting some ports that had not seen a U. S. Naval vessel since the close of World War II. The ship's deployment orders read in part: MISSION: USS HORNE and USS ROBISON WILL SAIL FROM SAN DIECIO ON 15jULY1978 TO CONDUCT A THREE MONTH SOUTH PACIFIC CIOODWILL CRUISE WITH THE MISSION TO INCREASE UNIT READINESS, DEMONSTRATE UNITED STATES INTEREST IN THE AREA, COLLECT PORT VISIT INFORMATION AND CONDUCT EXERCISES WITH FOREIGN NAVIES. This book is about those people and places visited by the ROBISON during her South Pacific Cruise. More so, it is about the crewmen whose hard work, time and dedication made this mission the success it was.