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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during 
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
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Knox Class Destroyer Escort<br/>
Keel Laid December 20 1970 - Launched June 23 1971<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS ROBERT E. PEARY DE-1073'''<br/>
Commissioned September 23 1972<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS ROBERT E. PEARY FF-1073'''<br/>
Reclassified Frigate (FF) June 30 1975<br/>
Decommissioned August 7 1992<br/><br/>
Stricken January 11 1995<br/><br/>
<li>'''ROCS CHIH YANG FF-932'''<br/>
Leased to Taiwan August 7 1992 and renamed - Still in service
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[[Image:RobertEPeary_DE1073_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|125px]]<br/>
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
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<li>[[USS ROBERT E. PEARY DE-1073_Covers_Page_1 | DE-1073 Page 1]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1972,1983)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
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separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry 
in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks 
should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark 
has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest 
known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an 
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN 
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
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Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
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Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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Locy Type<br/>FDC 2(n)
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1972-09-23
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[[Image:JohnGermann_Robert E. Peary_DE1073_19720923_1a_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JohnGermann_Robert E. Peary_DE1073_19720923_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Commissioning, cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_71_U.S.S._America_ | U.S.S. America Chapter No. 71, USCS]]
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Locy Type<br/>2(n) (USS)
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1972-12-01
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[[Image:JonBurdett robertepeary de1073 19721201 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett robertepeary de1073 19721201.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As DE-1073. Month inverted
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Locy Type<br/>2-1(n+)<br/>("ROBERT '''R'''. PEARY") 
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1983-12-07
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_RobertEPeary_FF1073_19831207_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_RobertEPeary_FF1073_19831207_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As FF-1073.  Cachet by the [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_88_Aloha_ | Aloha Chapter No. 88, USCS]]
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Locy Type<br/>9-1(n+u)<br/>(USS,"FF")  
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1983-12-07
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_RobertEPeary_FF1073_19831207_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_RobertEPeary_FF1073_19831207_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As FF-1073. Cachet by the [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_88_Aloha_ | Aloha Chapter No. 88, USCS]]
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
USS ROBERT E PEARY earned the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (2 awards), the Navy Expeditionary Medal, the National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Southwest Asia Service Medal w/ 1 star, the Humanitarian Service Medal, the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia) and the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Robert Edwin Peary (May 6 1856 – February 20 1920)<br/>
Peary was an American explorer who claimed to have been the first person, on April 6 1909, to reach the geographic North Pole -- a claim that has subsequently attracted much criticism.
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