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USS Peoria (1863)

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History
United States
NameUSS Peoria
BuilderNew York Navy Yard
Launched29 October 1863
Commissioned26 December 1866
Decommissioned5 September 1867
FateSold, 26 August 1868
General characteristics
Class and typeSassacus-class gunboat
Displacement974 long tons (990 t)
Length235 ft 6 in (71.78 m)
Beam35 ft (11 m)
Draft9 ft 3 in (2.82 m)
Complement137
Armament

The first USS Peoria was a double-ended sidewheel steamer in the United States Navy.

Peoria was built at the New York Navy Yard; launched on October 29, 1863, and commissioned on December 26, 1866, Commander Oscar C. Badger in command.

Assigned to the North Atlantic Station, Peoria got underway from New York on January 6, 1867, for shakedown along the southeast coast. Returning to Hampton Roads, Virginia on March 12, she sailed on April 14 for the West Indies.

Touching at the Virgin Islands, Santo Domingo, Haiti, Puerto Rico, and the Leeward Islands, she then turned north to Hampton Roads before dropping anchor at Portsmouth, New Hampshire on July 28, 1867. Peoria decommissioned there on September 5, 1867, and was sold on August 26, 1868. The USS Peoria is named after Peoria Illinois.

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