USS Peary
Service
- as USS Peary22 October 1920 — 8 May 1942980 days of the war
- Name
- USS Peary
- Namesake
- Robert Edwin Peary
- Builder
- William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
- Laid down
- 9 September 1919
- Launched
- 6 April 1920
- Commissioned
- 22 October 1920
- Struck
- 8 May 1942
- Fate
- Sunk in battle, 19 February 1942 (1942)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,190 long tons (1,209 t)
- Length
- 95.71 m (314 ft)
- Beam
- 9.45 m (31 ft)
- Draught
- 2.74 m (9 ft)
- Speed
- 35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
- Complement
- 142
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
USS Peary was a Clemson-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy. The ship was named after Robert Edwin Peary. Her keel was laid at William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia on 9 September 1919. Launched on 6 April 1920, she entered service on 22 October 1920.
She was one of 84 ships of her class. The class followed the Wickes-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Farragut-class destroyer (1934).
Displacement was 1,190 long tons. She measured 95.7 m (314 ft) long with a beam of 9.4 m (31 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 142. Her main battery was of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 980 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 8 May 1942.
She was sunk on 19 February 1942, at 12°28′S 130°50′E. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- geared turbines
- Armament
- 4 × 4"/50 caliber guns
- 1 × 3"/50 caliber gun
- 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Sister ships
- HMCS Buxton (H96)
- HMCS St. Croix (I81)
- HMCS St. Francis (I93)
- HMS Belmont (H46)
- HMS Beverley (H64)
- HMS Bradford (H72)
- HMS Broadwater (H81)
- HMS Broadway (H90)
- HMS Burnham (H82)
- HMS Burwell (H94)
- HMS Buxton (H96)
- HMS Cameron (I05)
- HMS Chesterfield (I28)
- HMS Churchill (I45)
- HMS Clare (I14)
- HMS Ramsey (G60)
- HMS Reading (G71)
- HMS Ripley (G79)
- HMS Rockingham (G58)
- HMS Sherwood (I80)
- HMS Stanley (I73)
- Soviet destroyer Dejatelny
- USS Abel P. Upshur
- USS Alden
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Peary on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy — Official U.S. Navy photo NH 42868 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons