page_title: USS Robert L. Wilson (DD-847)
hierarchical_section_title: USS Robert L. Wilson (DD-847)
caption_attribution_description: The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Robert L. Wilson (DD-847) after her FRAM I-modernization at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, in 1964.
context_page_description: USS Robert L. Wilson was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Marine Private First Class Robert L. Wilson, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous gallantry" in the Battle of Tinian.
  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, Captain Benard R. Cadden, in command.
context_section_description: 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.
  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, Captain Benard R. Cadden, in command.
caption: USS Robert L. Wilson (DD-847) in 1964
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