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earned international acclaim and recognition for her captain because it was the ship which was able to offer the most help in evacuating the devastated metropolis of Tokyo. In the chaos which developed after the ground stopped shaking, Robinson kept his ship near the quay at
Yokohama in
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Pacific (nine days, two hours, and fifteen minutes). In 1917, he took command of the
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Robinson's own contributions were minimized in the report he prepared for the
Canadian Pacific home office. He displayed a seemly modesty in this summary:
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was scrapped in 1952, the bronze tablet was rescued. It was formally presented to
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Transpacific Steam: The Story of Steam
Navigation from the Pacific Coast of North America to the Far East and the Antipodes, 1867-1941.
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Navigation from the Pacific Coast of North America to the Far East and the Antipodes, 1867-1941,
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