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Whilst in US service she was assigned the radio call sign "Robin" and was informally known as "USS Robin" tongue-in-cheek. [49] [unreliable source?] After crossing the Atlantic from Greenock, via the Royal Naval Dockyard on the Imperial fortress colony of Bermuda, to refit in the United States at the Norfolk Navy Yard during January, 1943.
USS Robin may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: USS Robin (AM-3) (later ATO-140), laid down 4 March 1918 by the Todd Shipyard Corp., New York; USS Robin (AMS-53), laid down as YMS-311 on 7 May 1943 by Henry B. Nevins, Inc., City Island, New York; USS Robin (MHC-54), an Osprey-class coastal mine hunter
USS Robin (MHC-54) was an Osprey-class coastal minehunter in the United States Navy and is the fourth ship named for the robin. Robin ' s keel was laid on 2 June 1992 and she was commissioned on 11 May 1996, at Naval Station Ingleside, Ingleside, Texas. Struck from the Navy list 15 June 2006, sold by U.S. General Services Administration for ...
USS Robin (MSC(O)-53/AMS-53/YMS-311) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II. History.
USS Robin (AM-3) was an Lapwing-class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. [ 1 ] Robin was named, by the U.S. Navy for the American Robin ( Turdus migratorius ), a North American thrush with a red breast.
USS Sea Robin (SS-407), a Balao-class submarine, was a vessel of the United States Navy named for the sea robin. This is a spiny-finned fish with red or brown coloring on its body and fins. The first three rays of its pectoral fin separate from the others and are used in walking on the sea bottom.
Victorious never operated as USS Robin, Robin was the code name for the ship as the operation was classified and we didn’t want the Germans/Japanese to know where certain ships were located. USS Robin was used as a joke within the task force.
[4] [nb 2] A shortage in American aircraft carriers resulted in the lending of Victorious to the United States Pacific Fleet where she was known by the alias USS Robin and her aircraft were repainted with American markings. [4] Orr was prevented from joining them in the Pacific when he contracted polio in March 1943.