"Robbie
and Sigourney crewmen proving a visit to the famous Dome of the Rock in
Jerusalem, December, 1955.
Front row, left to right (not counting the 'Prussian' guide): 1-James Rodriguez, 4-Rich Gruny, 6-Howard Miller 8-Jim Tompkinson.
Back row, left to right: 1-Thomas Smith (Staff), 7-"Bones" Blank (Staff), 8-Andy Hoekstra, 15-Rich Johns,
17-Ted C. Straight, 18-Paul Pater. (All Robbie officers wore civilian dress.)
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Front row, left to right (not counting the 'Prussian' guide): 1-James Rodriguez, 4-Rich Gruny, 6-Howard Miller 8-Jim Tompkinson.
Back row, left to right: 1-Thomas Smith (Staff), 7-"Bones" Blank (Staff), 8-Andy Hoekstra, 15-Rich Johns,
17-Ted C. Straight, 18-Paul Pater. (All Robbie officers wore civilian dress.)
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Robbie's First Taste of Salt
28 August 1943 Puget Sound
28 August 1943 Puget Sound
Tugs have to restrain her lurch for the open sea. This photo was taken moments after she was christened by Mrs. Howard M. Sayers, then launched at the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Company yard.
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".. and sign it ROBBIE, with a Capital O"
".. and sign it ROBBIE, with a Capital O"
Water Taxis and Shipping at Shanghai (1945)
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First Officers of the Robbie (Commissioning, January 1944)
First Officers of the Robbie (Commissioning, January 1944)
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Elmo Zumwalt at the Conn
Elmo Zumwalt at the Conn
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Captain Grantham
Captain Grantham
Robbie visiting Hamburg, Germany, 1957, en route to a Persian Gulf assignment. Returning two German Navy trainees to base was an admirable excuse for a memorable liberty - a first outside the U. S. for some of Robbie's sailors.