&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Peoria_(LST-1183)_aerial_stbd_bow_view.jpg) USS Peoria (LST-1183)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Peoria |
| Namesake | Peoria, Illinois |
| Ordered | 1966 |
| Builder | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California |
| Laid down | 24 February 1968 |
| Launched | 23 November 1968 |
| Acquired | 1 January 1970 |
| Commissioned | 21 February 1970 |
| Decommissioned | 28 January 1994 |
| Identification | LST-1183 |
| Fate | Sunk as target, 12 July 2004 |
| General characteristics as built | |
| Class and type | Newport-class tank landing ship |
| Displacement | |
| Length | |
| Beam | 69 ft 6 in (21.2 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft 6 in (5.3 m) max |
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| Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) max |
| Range | 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Troops | 431 max |
| Complement | 213 |
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| Armament | 2 × twin 3"/50 caliber guns |
| Aviation facilities | Helicopter deck |
USS Peoria (LST-1183) was a Newport-class tank landing ship which replaced the traditional bow door-design tank landing ships (LSTs). The vessel took part in the Vietnam War and Gulf War. The ship was constructed by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company in San Diego, California and was launched in 1968 and commissioned in 1970. Named for a city in Illinois, Peoria was assigned to the United States Pacific Fleet and home ported at San Diego. The tank landing ship alternated between military exercises along the United States west coast and deployments to the western Pacific. Peoria took part in the evacuations of Phnom Penh, Cambodia and Saigon, South Vietnam, both of which signaled the end of American involvement in the respective countries. The vessel was decommissioned 1994 and sunk as a target ship during a RIMPAC naval exercise in 2004.