Editing Isaiah Robinson (section)

==Biography== 
Robinson, probably born in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], was a member of the Philadelphia Ship Masters' Association and served as a [[Lieutenant (navy)|lieutenant]] on the {{USS|Hornet|1775|2}} with [[Joshua Barney]].<ref name=rob2>{{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/r/robinson-ii.html |title=Robinson II (DD-562) |publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command |website=navy.mil |accessdate=June 11, 2023}}</ref> He later commanded the 10-gun Continental [[sloop-of-war]] {{USS|Sachem|1776|2}}, fitted out by the [[Marine Committee]] shortly after Admiral [[Esek Hopkins]]' fleet sailed for [[New Providence]] in 1776, and captured a six-gun [[Kingdom of England|British]] [[letter of marque]] off the [[Virginia Capes]].<ref name=rob2/>

[[File:Andrew Doria NH 85510-KN.jpg|thumb|{{ship||Andrew Doria|1775 brig|2}} receives a salute from the Dutch fort at [[Sint Eustatius]], {{nowrap|16 November 1776}}]]
Appointed captain in the [[Continental Navy]] on 10 October 1776, he assumed command of the 14-gun [[brig]] {{ship||Andrew Doria|1775 brig|2}}. One of the more important smaller boats of the Continental Navy, the brig sailed under orders of the [[Secret Committee]], dated 17 October 1776, for the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] island of [[Sint Eustatius]] to take on a cargo of military stores.<ref name=rob2/> When the '' Andrew Doria'' entered the harbor at Sint Eustatius on 16 November, it received one of the first [[gun salute]]s rendered to the [[Continental Union Flag|American flag]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/heritage/customs-and-traditions0/twenty-one-gun-salute.html |title=Origins of the Twenty-One Gun Salute |publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command |website=navy.mil |accessdate=June 11, 2023}}</ref>
{{See also|Sint Eustatius#"First Salute"|l1="First Salute"}}
Upon the return voyage in late November, he captured the British 12-gun [[sloop-of-war]] {{HMS|Racehorse|1757|2}} after a two-hour engagement near [[Puerto Rico]].<ref name=rob2/>

The following year, Captain Robinson cruised against enemy shipping off [[Cape May]], but was finally blockaded in the [[Delaware River]].<ref name=rob2/> During the [[Philadelphia campaign|defense of Philadelphia]], and following the destruction of [[Fort Mifflin]] on 15 November 1777, he was forced to burn ''Andrew Doria'' to prevent the vessel from falling into enemy hands.<ref name=rob2/> He commanded the 12-gun Pennsylvania [[privateer]] ''Pomona'' in 1779 and succeeded in taking several British privateers.<ref name=rob2/>

The date of his death is unknown, but his will, dated 12 August 1777, was probated in the city of Philadelphia on 25 September 1781.<ref name=rob2/>