Robison (DDG 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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Uss Romso CDDG 121 USS ROBISON, built by Defoe Shipbuilding Company was commissioned in Boston on December 9, 1961 and joined the Pacihc Fleet in March 1962. ROBISON is named after Admiral Samuel Shelbume Robison. ROBlSON has made thirteen extended deployments to the far east, distinguishing herself by protiding gun- fire support for US. and South Vietnamese forces and in combat operations along the Vietnamese coastline. The ship eamed seven battle stars for senice off Vietnam. ROBISON has an overall length of 133.2 meters and measures 14.4 meters at its widest point. The ship dis- places 4,081.5 metric tons and has a navigational draft of 7 meters. Her engineering plant can produce Tt1,00t1 horsepower and she is capable of speeds in excess of 30 knots, We are the crew of RUBl5UTN together work to be always ready' to perform any assigrimi :'1'zis5tct1'i, without us RUBISCJN is just a lifeless rttachtne but with us she becotties a warship of ettortttous po'-wr and capaliility. available to help tftffettd and tfrtrtect our ct-uzztn and its ititertest thruuqliout the wfriti this slit- is :ttf lm-ttt-r than the qtiaility of the vwrk fur. V.. 1 tht- nf. t-1 ttf skull Vue gmt het We cle-tlituitv otirsv-lar-s ttf :tus s , ' rr tst V-.hw tate wt.'lmvt'ln1'ti qtwtt ttivtr i-t ist .1112 't , :.s.twlt!3 .md to our slitprtmtt-s, that tht-tr 4 t 1 Tfgt r fri vt mtl ln' Yt.'w'itftlllti.g, Lffllitlt lim' tt' tl P. ' 1' t '-'fn vu .llxmixx strivt- for sttitttlttrtls til --xt r- - .tzl tt. , .whit ns tlit' tit-ct--.s.irV' lllttixltlt tt tr utr ' vi .rtf f let tlilwt IN lx- put to ti-st A

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