Name USS Peoria Commissioned 26 December 1866 Fate Sold, 26 August 1868 Length 72 m Builder Brooklyn Navy Yard | Laid down 29 October 1863 Decommissioned 5 September 1867 Type Sidewheel steamer Construction started 29 October 1863 | |
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.
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