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Allied Warships

USS Francis M. Robinson (DE 220)

Destroyer Escort of the Buckley class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassBuckley 
PennantDE 220 
Built byPhiladelphia Navy Yard (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down22 Feb, 1943 
Launched1 May, 1943 
Commissioned15 Jan, 1944 
End service20 Jun, 1960 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 20 June 1960.
Stricken 1 July 1972.
Sold 12 July 1973 and broken up. 

Noteable events involving Francis M. Robinson include:

17 Feb, 1945
USS Francis M. Robinson picks up men from the British tanker Regent Lion that was torpedoed and damaged 27 nautical miles west of Gibraltar in position 35º56'N, 05º45'W by the German submarine U-300.


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