Several ships of the United States Navy have been named Peary or Robert E. Peary, after Robert E. Peary (1856–1920), the Arctic explorer.
was a , launched in 1920, and sunk in action during the Bombing of Darwin, Australia, in 1942. was an launched in 1943, and struck from the Naval Vessel Register 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 Liberty ship, 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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