&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Peoria_(1898).jpeg) USS Peoria (1898) at the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts on 19 February 1901.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 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 gunboat, was built as the pilot boat Philadelphia by Neafie and Levy ship and engine building company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in March 1896 for the Pennsylvania and Delaware Pilots' Association.[2][3][1] The Philadelphia was purchased by the US Navy on 23 May 1898 from the Philadelphia Pilots' Association, and was renamed Peoria. She was commissioned on 15 May 1898.[4]
- ^ a b c "Record of American and Foreign Shipping 1898". Mystic Seaport Museum. New York. 19 July 2016. 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.
- ^ "Peoria II (Gunboat)". DANFS. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 1 February 2016.