USS Robert E. Peary (FF-1073)

USS Robert E. Peary (FF-1073)
History
United States
Name	Robert E. Peary
Namesake	Robert Peary
Ordered	July 22, 1964
Builder	Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington
Laid down	December 20, 1970
Launched	June 23, 1971
Acquired	August 11, 1972
Commissioned	September 23, 1972
Decommissioned	August 7, 1992
Stricken	January 11, 1995
Identification	FF-1073
Fate	Transferred to Taiwan, August 7, 1992
Badge
Taiwan
Name	Chi Yang
Acquired	August 7, 1992
Commissioned	October 6, 1993
Decommissioned	May 1, 2015
Identification	FF-932
Fate	Sunk as target on July 15, 2020
General characteristics
Class and type	Knox-class frigate
Displacement	4,066 long tons (4,131 t) (full load)
Length	438 ft (134 m)
Beam	47 ft (14 m)
Draft	25 ft (7.6 m)
Propulsion	2 × Babcock & Wilcox Modified "D" Super-heated 1200psi boilers 1 Westinghouse geared turbine 1 shaft, 35,000 shp (26,000 kW)
Speed	over 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,330 km) at 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h)
Complement	18 officers, 267 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar AN/SQS-26 Sonar AN/SQR-18 Towed array sonar system AN/SQS-35 Towed Body Sonar Mk68 Gun Fire Control System
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System
Armament	one Mk-16 8 cell missile launcher for RUR-5 ASROC and Harpoon missiles one Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber gun Mark 46 torpedoes from four single tube launchers) one Mk-25 BPDMS launcher for Sea Sparrow missiles, replaced by Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried	one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter

USS Robert E. Peary (FF-1073) was a Knox-class frigate with the United States Navy from 1972 until 1992. In 1992, the ship was decommissioned and loaned to the Republic of China. The ship was renamed Chi Yang (Chinese: 濟陽) and was part of the Taiwanese navy until 2015.