USS Robert K. Huntington
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Robert K. Huntington |
| Namesake | Robert Kingsbury Huntington |
| Builder | Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle |
| Laid down | 29 February 1944 |
| Launched | 5 December 1944 |
| Commissioned | 3 March 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 31 October 1973 |
| Stricken | 31 October 1973 |
| Fate | to Venezuelan Navy 31 October 1973 |
| Venezuela | |
| Name | Falcon |
| Acquired | 31 October 1973 |
| Stricken | 1981 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1981 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,200 tons |
| Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 336 |
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USS Robert K. Huntington (DD-781) was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer. It is the only ship of the United States Navy to have been named for Robert Kingsbury Huntington, a naval aviator and member of Torpedo Squadron 8. All but one of the thirty men assigned to the squadron were lost during the Battle of Midway.