USS Robinson

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USS Robinson may refer to more than one United States Navy ship:

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USS Robinson (DD-88), a destroyer in commission from 1918 to 1922
USS Robinson (DD-562), a destroyer in commission from 1944 to 1964
USS Jack C. Robinson (DE-671), a destroyer escort converted during construction into the high-speed transport USS Jack C. Robinson (APD-72)
USS Jack C. Robinson (APD-72), a high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946

USS Robinson (DD-88) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy, later transferred to the Royal Navy, as HMS Newmarket (G47). She was the first ship named for Isaiah Robinson.

In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller powerful short-range attackers. They were originally developed in the late 19th century by Fernando Villaamil for the Spanish Navy as a defense against torpedo boats, and by the time of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, these "torpedo boat destroyers" (TBDs) were "large, swift, and powerfully armed torpedo boats designed to destroy other torpedo boats". Although the term "destroyer" had been used interchangeably with "TBD" and "torpedo boat destroyer" by navies since 1892, the term "torpedo boat destroyer" had been generally shortened to simply "destroyer" by nearly all navies by the First World War.

USS Robinson (DD-562), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Captain Isaiah Robinson, who served in the Continental Navy.

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