USS ROBISON - the first ship in the Navy to bear the name - was the eleventh ship in the CHARLES F. ADAMS - class of guided missile destroyers and was homeported in San Diego, Ca.
Stricken from the navy list on November 20, 1992, ROBISON was sold on June 20, 1994. ROBISON earned seven battle stars for service off the Vietnamese coast.
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: January 17, 1958 |
| Keel laid: April 28, 1959 |
| Launched: April 27, 1960 |
| Commissioned: December 9, 1961 |
| Decommissioned: October 1, 1991 |
| Builder: Defoe Shipbuilding, Bay City, Michigan |
| Propulsion system:4 - 1200 psi boilers; 2 geared turbines |
| Propellers: two |
| Length: 437 feet (133.2 meters) |
| Beam: 47 feet (14.3 meters) |
| Draft: 20 feet (6.1 meters) |
| Displacement: approx. 4,500 tons |
| Speed: 31+ knots |
| Aircraft:none |
| Armament: two Mk 42 5-inch/54 caliber guns, Mk 46 torpedoes from two Mk-32 triple mounts, one Mk 16 ASROC Missile Launcher, one Mk 11 Mod.0 Missile Launcher for Standard (MR) and Harpoon Missiles |
| Crew: 24 officers and 330 enlisted |
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