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Peary

Ship Designation: 
DD-226
Date Lost: 
Thursday, February 19, 1942
Air Raid at Darwin Australia
While operating out of Darwin principally on anti-submarine patrol, Peary was attacked by Japanese dive bombers and suffered 80 men killed and 13 wounded. ... The first bomb exploded on the fantail, the second, an incendiary on the galley deck house; the third did not explode; the fourth hit forward and set off the forward ammunition magazines; the fifth, another incendiary, exploded in the after engine room. A .30 caliber machine gun on the after deck house and a .50 caliber machine gun on the galley deck house fired until the last enemy plane departed. ... Peary sank stern first as a result of the damage.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 92

Namesort ascending Service Branch
Sea 1c Willis Mccord USN
SC 3c John Matthews USN
WT 1c Forest Mathews USN
Sea 1c William Mailer USN
EM 2c Richard Lee USN
WT 2c William Labrie USN
SK 3c Bob Kriener USN
Lt Martin Koivisto USN
B 1c Gerhardt Kjolhede USN
GM 1c Gilbert Kennaugh USN
CM 1c Russell Keener USN
MM 1c Joseph Kappes USN
QM 3c Edwin Kalisz USN
Ens Philip Joyce USN
Sea 1c Robert Hunter USN
Sea 1c Robert Howell USN
SK 2c William Hooks USN
SM 2c Charles Holverstott USN
QM 1c Franklin Harris USN
SM 2c Wendell Hanson USN

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Prepared by CAPT R.O. Strange USN (Ret.)