USS Jack C. Robinson
USS Jack C. Robinson | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Jack C. Robinson |
| Namesake | Private First Class Jack C. Robinson (1922–1942), U.S. Marine Corps Silver Star recipient |
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| Launched | 8 January 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Clem F. Robinson |
| Reclassified | APD-72, 27 June 1944 |
| Commissioned | 2 February 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 13 December 1946 |
| Stricken | 1 December 1966 |
| Honors & awards | 1 battle star, World War II |
| Fate | Transferred to Chile |
| History | |
| Chile | |
| Name | Orella (APD-27) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Charles Lawrence-class high-speed transport |
| Displacement | 1,400 long tons (1,422 t) |
| Length | 306 ft (93 m) overall |
| Beam | 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) maximum |
| Installed power | 12,000 shaft horsepower (9 megawatts) |
| Propulsion | Two boilers; two GE steam turbines (turbo-electric transmission) |
| Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
| Range | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Troops | 162 |
| Complement | 186 |
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USS Jack C. Robinson (APD-72), ex-DE-671, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946.