Territory Stories

USS Peary

Details:

Title

USS Peary,

Photo number

PH0366/0020,

Collection

Tom Lewis Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1942,

Description

The USS Peary (DD-226) sunk in Darwin 19th February 1942 as a result of heavy Japanese bombing and many crew were lost. This photo taken at an earlier time. She had been part of the United States Asian fleet and was based in the Philippines before sailing for Darwin.,

Notes

Date:194?,

Language

English,

Subject

destroyers, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945, Northern Territory, Darwin, Peary (Destroyer : DD-226),

Digital format

3551 x 5000 pixels : 48bpp ; 104.05Mb, jpeg 2.47Mb.,

Format

1 photograph : b&w ; 11.8 x 16.7 cm.,

File type

image/tiff, image/jpeg,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/pdm,

Related links

http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/226.htm, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Peary_(DD-226), http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/226.htm [NavSource Naval History : USS Peary (DD-226)], http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Peary_(DD-226) [Wikipedia : USS Peary (DD-226)],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/54899,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/750139