USS Peoria

Last updated April 01, 2019

USS Peoria has been the name of four ships in the United States Navy. They have all been named for Peoria, Illinois.

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Peoria is the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, and the largest city on the Illinois River. Established in 1691 by the French explorer Henri de Tonti, Peoria is the oldest European settlement in Illinois, and is named after the Peoria tribe. As of the 2010 census, the city was the seventh-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 115,007. The Peoria Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 373,590 in 2011. Until 2018, Peoria was the global and national headquarters for Caterpillar Inc., one of the 30 companies composing the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and listed on the Fortune 100; in the latter year, the company relocated its headquarters to Deerfield, Illinois.

USS Peoria (1863) was a sidewheel steamer that served in 1867.
USS Peoria (1898) a converted steel gunboat 1898–1921
USS Peoria (PF-67), a Tacoma-class frigate
USS Peoria (LST-1183), a Newport-class tank landing ship, commissioned 21 February 1970 and decommissioned on 28 January 1994

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

The second Peoria, a converted steel gunboat, was built as the pilot boat Philadelphia by Neafie and Levy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1896. Purchased by the Navy 23 May 1898 from the Philadelphia Pilots' Association, she was renamed Peoria and commissioned 15 May 1898 with Lt. Thomas W. Ryan in command.

USS Peoria (PF-67), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named after Peoria, Illinois.

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