SS Robert E. Peary
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For ships with a similar name, see USS Robert E. Peary.
SS Robert E. Peary was a Liberty ship which gained fame during World War II for being built in a shorter time than any other such vessel. Named after Robert Peary, an American explorer who was among the first people to reach the geographic North Pole, she was launched on November 12, 1942, just 4 days, 15 hours and 26 minutes after the keel was laid down.[2][3]
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Name | Robert E. Peary |
Namesake | Robert Peary |
Builder | Permanente Metals Corporation, Yard No. 2, Richmond, California |
Laid down | 8 November 1942 |
Launched | 12 November 1942 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. James F. Byrnes |
Acquired | 15 November 1942 |
Commissioned | 15 November 1942 |
Decommissioned | December 1946 |
Fate | Scrapped at Baltimore, Maryland, June 1963 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Type EC2-S-C1 Liberty ship |
Displacement | 14,245 long tons (14,474 t)[1] |
Length | |
Beam | 57 ft (17 m)[1] |
Draft | 27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)[1] |
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Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)[1] |
Range | 20,000 nmi (37,000 km; 23,000 mi) |
Capacity | 10,856 t (10,685 long tons) deadweight (DWT)[1] |
Crew | 81[1] |
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