USS Peary
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USS Peary (DD-226) was a Clemson-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was commissioned in 1920 and sunk by Japanese aircraft at Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, on 19 February 1942.
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USS Peary (DD-226) in the early 1920s | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Peary |
Namesake | Robert Edwin Peary |
Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
Yard number | 492 |
Laid down | 9 September 1919 |
Launched | 6 April 1920 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Edward Stafford |
Commissioned | 22 October 1920 |
Stricken | 8 May 1942 |
Honors and awards | 1 battle star (World War II) |
Fate | Sunk in battle, 19 February 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1190 tons |
Length | 314 ft 4 in (95.81 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 9 in (9.68 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) |
Propulsion | geared turbines |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
Complement | 142 officers and enlisted |
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