USS Robert L. Wilson
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USS Robert L. Wilson (DD/DDE-847) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Marine Private First Class Robert L. Wilson (1920–1944), who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous gallantry" in the Battle of Tinian.
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USS Robert L. Wilson (DD-847) in 1964 | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Robert L. Wilson |
Namesake | Robert L. Wilson |
Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
Laid down | 2 July 1945 |
Launched | 5 January 1946 |
Commissioned | 28 March 1946 |
Decommissioned | 30 September 1974 |
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Stricken | 30 September 1974 |
Nickname(s) | "The Willy Boat" |
Fate | Sunk as a target, 1 March 1980 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gearing-class destroyer |
Displacement | 3,460 long tons (3,516 t) full |
Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) |
Beam | 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) |
Draft | 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) |
Propulsion | Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (45 MW) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 336 |
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Robert L. Wilson was laid down by the Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine, on 2 July 1945; launched on 5 January 1946; sponsored by Mrs. Joe Wilson; and commissioned in the Boston Navy Yard on 28 March 1946.