USS Peoria (PF-67) off Charleston, South Carolina, following modification to a weather ship, c. June 1945
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Peoria |
Namesake | City of Peoria, Illinois |
Builder | Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
Launched | 2 October 1943 |
Completed | 25 May 1943 |
Commissioned | 2 January 1945 |
Decommissioned | 15 May 1946 |
Stricken | 19 June 1946 |
Fate | Sold to Cuba, 16 June 1947 |
Cuba | |
Name | Antonio Maceo |
Namesake | Antonio Maceo Grajales |
Acquired | 16 June 1947 |
Fate | Sunk as a target, 1975 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tacoma-class frigate |
Displacement | 1,264 long tons (1,284 t) |
Length | 303 ft 11 in (92.63 m) |
Beam | 37 ft 11 in (11.56 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 190 |
Armament |
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USS Peoria (PF-67), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named after Peoria, Illinois.