ROBERT E PEARY FF 1073

Ship Name and Designation History

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Knox Class Destroyer Escort Keel Laid December 20 1970 - Launched June 23 1971 USS ROBERT E. PEARY DE-1073 Commissioned September 23 1972 USS ROBERT E. PEARY FF-1073 Reclassified Frigate (FF) June 30 1975 Decommissioned August 7 1992 Stricken January 11 1995 ROCS CHIH YANG FF-932 (Taiwanese Naval Service) Leased to Taiwan August 7 1992 and renamed - Still in service

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1. DE-1073 Page 1    (1972,1983)

 

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type FDC 2(n)

1972-09-23

Commissioning, cachet by U.S.S. America Chapter No. 71, USCS

 

Locy Type 2(n) (USS)

1972-12-01

As DE-1073. Month inverted

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) ("ROBERT R. PEARY")

1983-12-07

As FF-1073. Cachet by the Aloha Chapter No. 88, USCS

 

Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS,"FF")

1983-12-07

As FF-1073. Cachet by the Aloha Chapter No. 88, USCS

 

Other Information

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.

NAMESAKE - Robert Edwin Peary (May 6 1856 – February 20 1920)
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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