USS Peary (DD-226) [SEP] vessel class
USS Peary (DD-226)
USS "Peary" (DD-226) was a of the United States Navy. She was commissioned in 1920 and sunk by Japanese aircraft at Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, on 19 February 1942.
Service history.
"Peary" was laid down by William Cramp & Sons of Philadelphia on 9 September 1919. The destroyer was launched on 6 April 1920, sponsored by Mrs. Edward Stafford daughter of Admiral Peary. The vessel was commissioned on 22 October 1920.
"Peary" served
- Peary Nunatak, a nunatak in eastern Greenland
- Cape Peary, a headland in northwestern Greenland
- Camp Peary, a U.S. military reservation and Central Intelligence Agency facility in Virginia
- USS "Peary" (DD-226), a "Clemson"-class destroyer
- Peary Arctic Club
See also.
- Pari (disambiguation)
- John Perie
- Perrie
- Perry (disambiguation)
- Pery