Several ships of the

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have been named ''Peary'' or ''Robert E. Peary'', after Robert E. Peary (1856–1920), the

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explorer. * was a , launched in 1920, and sunk in action during the

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, Australia, in 1942. * was an launched in 1943, and struck from the

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in 1966. * was a , which launched in 1971. She was struck in 1995 and transferred to the Republic of China. The ship served in the Taiwanese Navy as ROCS ''Chi Yang'' (932). * is a , launched in 2007. In addition: * was a

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, built in 1942 — in a record time of 4 days and 15 hours and 29 minutes. She was scrapped in 1963. * is a sealift tanker that services McMurdo, Antarctica and Thule, Greenland.

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