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U.S.S. ROBERT E. PEARY
(FF-1073)I SHALL FIND A WAY OR MAKE ONE
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USS ROBERT E. PEARY (FF-1073) - a Knox-class frigate
In Commission 1972 to 1992FF-1073 Deployments - Major Events
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Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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DEC | 1970 | - | Keel Date: 20 DEC 1970 at Lockheed Shipbuilding & Construction Co. Seattle WA | ||
JUN | 1971 | - | Launch Date: 23 JUN 1971 | ||
SEP | 1972 | - | Commissioned: 23 SEP 1972 | ||
NOV | 1973 | - | APR | 1974 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
DEC | 1973 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 DEC 1973 - Indian Ocean | ||
DEC | 1973 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 DEC 1973 - Indian Ocean | ||
JUN | 1976 | - | OCT | 1976 | West Pac |
FEB | 1977 | - | Shellback Initiation - 19 FEB 1977 - Pacific Ocean | ||
MAY | 1978 | - | SEP | 1978 | TYTHOON AUSTRAILA |
JUN | 1978 | - | Shellback Initiation - 12 JUN 1978 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUN | 1978 | - | Shellback Initiation - 8 JUN 1978 - Indian Ocean | ||
JUL | 1978 | - | Shellback Initiation - 6 JUL 1978 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1979 | - | MAY | 1979 | south pac 1979 |
JUN | 1980 | - | DEC | 1980 | West Pac-Indian Ocean |
JAN | 1982 | - | JUN | 1982 | West Pac-Indian Ocean |
JUN | 1982 | - | Shellback Initiation - 12 JUN 1982 - Indian Ocean | ||
SEP | 1982 | - | MAY | 1983 | Regular Overhaul |
MAY | 1984 | - | DEC | 1984 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
MAY | 1984 | - | DEC | 1984 | West Pac-Indian Ocean |
NOV | 1984 | - | Shellback Initiation - 9 NOV 1984 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUN | 1987 | - | DEC | 1987 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
OCT | 1987 | - | Shellback Initiation - 16 OCT 1987 - Indian Ocean | ||
JUN | 1988 | - | Shellback Initiation - 13 JUN 1988 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUN | 1989 | - | Shellback Initiation - 19 JUN 1989 - Pacific Ocean | ||
AUG | 1990 | - | FEB | 1991 | Desert Shield |
OCT | 1991 | - | MAR | 1992 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
FEB | 1992 | - | Shellback Initiation - 13 FEB 1992 - Pacific Ocean | ||
AUG | 1992 | - | Decommissioned: 7 AUG 1992 |
FF-1073 General Specifications
Class: Knox-class frigate
Complement: 18 Officers and 267 Enlisted
Displacement: 3213 tons
Length: 438 feet
Beam: 46 feet 9 inches
Draft: 24 feet 9 in
Range: 4 500 nautical miles
Final Disposition: Transferred to Taiwan as Chi Yang (FF-932)
USS ROBERT E. PEARY (FF-1073)
The second Robert E.
Peary was laid down 20 December 1970 by the Lockheed Ship Building and
Drydock Company at Seattle, Washington; launched 26 June 1971; sponsored by
Miss Josephine Peary; and commissioned 23 September 1972, Comdr. Charles
Beasley, USN, in command.
Following two months of miscellaneous tests and trials along
the northern Pacific coast of the United States, she steamed into her home port
at Long Beach, Calif., 8 November. Robert
E. Peary remained in the Long Beach area for one year exactly, departing for WestPac 9 November 1973 and arriving in Subic Bay, Philippine Islands, ten days later.
Robert E. Peary was decommissioned on 7 August 1992, struck from the navy list on 11 November 1995 and transferred to the Republic of China. As of 2005, the destroyer escort serves in the Taiwanese navy as Chi Yang (932).
19 October 2005
[Note: The above USS ROBERT E. PEARY (FF-1073) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS ROBERT E. PEARY (FF-1073), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]