Robert E Peary (FF 1073) - Naval Cruise Book

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l Qs Primary duty of each duty section is conducting tours. TM2 Molter is discussing the ASROC launcher QQ 1 fm. sv-my t:'5l ' The forecastle is one ofthe big stops on the tour. Here f 23 if X V... f' ia l 4 GMGC Horkey explains a proper clampdown 1. .,i, it i , ,K l gn-,v ,M Y ' 5. ! FV, ' 5 a it 45. A ,awk r W1 ,, , V ,r V ! ,,. 1. , .0 gggfb' f ylfff rx 4 xx xx ., I, I' W ' Xktf' si fi '1 W X 'r 4 9 ' ' 1 'Y A I i l ' Biz W--6' i ,ji V, i 1 I 50,7 I M Y , 4 , , ,A L4 ff, 1 N - 3, I f I ' , , L Some of the thousands of Pc-:ary visitors STGI Prather explains Peary's ASW weapons L X X iv, V., .. 'qw a s Q X X Pago Pago sees more US. ships than most of Peazjfs ports, but visitors still flock to the ship

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ii e i z 5 i i r l i i i Welcome Aboard Long lines of visitors are routine in most ports 3 I FF use RUBEN Peary visited many ports that very rarely see U.S. Navy ships, and the local citizens made the most of their opportunity. An accurate count was not possible, but a conservative estimate is that at least twenty thousand were hosted onboard during SOUTH PAC '79. Napier, Geelong and Adelaide must rank as the most popular - lines of two to three hundred people were encountered in these ports. X ,Q SN Johnson conducts a tour on the flight deck Kids were the most numerous - and enthusiastic visitors

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USS Pear DD 226 The first ship named in honor of the arctic explorer, Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, was the four piper destroyer, USS Peary IDD 2261. Her keel was laid on September 9, l9l9, she was launched on April 6, l920, and was commissioned on October 20, I920. Peary had an overall length of 314 feet 5 inches, a designed speed of 35 knots and a complement of six officers and 95 men. She carried four 4-inch 50 caliber guns, one 3-inch 23 caliber gun, two,.50 caliber machine guns, and twelve 2l-inch torpedo tubes in four triple mounts. Often serving as a destroyer division flagship, Peary spent most of her twenty-two years of fleet service cruising between ports of the Philippines and along the coast of China. The outbreak of World War Two saw Peary conducting coastal defense and antisubmarine patrols near the Great Barrier Reef. The l200 ton vessel was returning to Port Darwin, Aus, tralia from a patrol on the morning of Febru- ary l9, 1942, when a formation of Japanese bombers appeared on the horizon. Gunner Harry Kopp, Australian Army, describes Peary's heroic last moments: 'For an hour Peary assisted to fight off the air attack. The enemy aircraft first attacked tankers in the harbor and burning oil from one of them slowly spread towards Peary. She was badly damaged in the superstructure, part of it demolished and the remainder in flames. The Peary was struck forward and gradually began to sink by the bows. As the bows sub- merged three sailors were manning a .50 inch gun aft and they continued firing as the water surged to their chests. Other guns were firing on the ship as well. The ship was fought while barrels were exposed above water. One gun could no longer be supplied with regular am- munition and finally fired flare starshell at the aircraft overhead' Eighty of Peary's crew died, thirteen were injured, and only one officer survived. ac..-sf ...t as J iv rv'-fc. . ak X - ' ,M-. 4-K sm A . .X sv ea, X X 3 - .aus f . . L ,S fL?.4.-alia' 0 ,QY I ww 4' ,V K . wife 1 Awww- - ...L -. ' g HW: T Q X I Q t ef--' 1 gs is . fA.i'1Q ' 5 ri vt f if' te . ' ' ' . ct at 5 c..,. . V . , , . - K- ' .. f Fi lfif. it X it ' Y + 'NW -'-213 . w is f X 4 U . - 2 -- 1 A , t. - 51 iff S55 1-.sg f , V , - , - - T2 -is -f wie -rfvsi:p 'fse,ssc' - Sits. if 'i . . ' . J . . Q 5 Q 21-'X ff.-1' - i 'fasasagfs-f beg 'sa-sw-s,f:Xg..zv XM-vs 4 r.Q'vs'. Taft - ' 'Es,sfg..: -.ar--as ' J, ik 'v W hsiogwpsaki .25 sseSe3wK'fs swiss. S' X es ' 1' ' , ' ,1. c s ' jigs ' L' .1 f ss - X. .- YY , :xt vw Us ,Ma L. , 'E .4 air 5 ' sk yi'-s'w,sQ. 3 f C15-f'gfgg .fag , , --Q-L4 ,f .s ., :'j.1'ss .1 .... f ss. we X 5- , 1 g . ,, -' - s wf- .... , - - - N fg - .5 1 X- 'fzisfsisevsf-rf' T - is vw-1' v 5 .4 :sig sl Muir.. .. fs--L I: . f f sei? 'N -2 t r '