USS Peoria (1898)
Charlestown, Massachusetts on 19 February 1901.
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United States | |
Name | USS Peoria |
Namesake | Peoria, Illinois |
Builder | Neafie & Levy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[1] |
Launched | 19 March 1897 |
Completed | 1896[1] |
Acquired | 23 May 1898 |
Commissioned | 15 May 1898 |
Decommissioned | 10 November 1921 |
Renamed | From Philadelphia to Peoria |
Fate | Sold 16 June 1922 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 487 long tons (495 t) |
Length | 131 ft 11 in (40.21 m) |
Beam | 25 ft 11 in (7.90 m) |
Draft | 10.5 ft 8 in (3.40 m) |
Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
Armament |
The Peoria, a converted steel
Service history
Peoria sailed from
A landing was attempted on the south coast of
Joining gunboat
On the following day, the expedition was successfully landed at Palo Alto, east of Tunas, where the troops made contact with Cuban insurgent forces. Peoria then escorted the two transports back to Key West. Hostilities in the Caribbean ended 13 August 1898; Peoria continued her peacetime service in the West Indies into 1899, when she sailed for Boston.[4]
From 1899 through 1904, Peoria, still classed as an "auxiliary gunboat," served on the East Coast. Originally at Boston, she later acted as tender to gunnery training ship
On 24 January 1905, Peoria arrived at San Juan, Puerto Rico. For the next six years she operated from San Juan, being redesignated in 1908 as a "steel steam tug." In December 1911 she sailed to Charleston, South Carolina, where she was disarmed for local service. The next ten years were devoted to towing and harbor service at Charleston and at Key West, with temporary duty at Guantánamo Bay and Santo Domingo.[4]
End of service
Peoria was designated a
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- ^ a b c "Record of American and Foreign Shipping 1898". Mystic Seaport Museum. New York. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ Colton, Tim. "Neafie & Levy, Philadelphia PA". Shipbuilding History, Construction records of U.S. and Canadian shipbuilders and boatbuilders. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ "To Launch A New Pilot-Boat". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 19 March 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Peoria II (Gunboat)". DANFS. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "Lieutenant Thomas W. Ryan To Commodore George C. Remey, Commandant, Key West Naval Base". Documentary Histories, Spanish–American War. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 1 February 2016.